Dismal or dreary.
Made unfit for habitation or use because of neglect, destruction etc.
Barren and lifeless.
Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.
Sad, forlorn and hopeless.
To devastate or lay waste somewhere.
To abandon or forsake something.
To deprive of inhabitants.
To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.
Elementary; rudimentary.
Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or organized along the lines of an institution.
Arising from the practice of an institution.
Instituted by authority.