stranded

(not comparable)Abandoned or marooned.

(not comparable)Run aground on a shore or reef.

(not comparable)Not having any expressed complement.

(not comparable)Made by combining or bundling thinner wires (into a strand).

(not comparable)That has become unrecoverable or difficult to recover.

With utility deregulation, undepreciated equipment which is now redundant may have to be allocated as stranded costs.

(not comparable)Narrowly missing scoring a century or similar milestone because one's team's innings ends.