stranded /ˈstɹændɪd/ adjective7 •Abandoned or marooned.I found myself stranded, lunchless, on the sea-front[…] — 1904 •Run aground on a shore or reef. •Made by combining or bundling thinner wires (into a strand). •[in compounds] Having the specified number or kind of strands. •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. •Narrowly missing scoring a century or similar milestone because one's team's innings ends. •Not having any expressed complement.