The phrase "abandoned account" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to an account that has not been accessed or used for a significant period of time, often in the context of online services or platforms.
Example: "Due to inactivity, your abandoned account will be permanently deleted after 30 days."
Alternatives: "inactive account" or "dormant account".
Twitter eventually deactivates abandoned accounts after a certain period of inactivity, but you may have to wait for six months or so.
And with a name like Astor, who knows? "You kind of wonder," Mrs. Astor's grandson, Philip C. Marshall, said when told of the abandoned accounts by a reporter.
How much the abandoned accounts are worth will remain a secret, as required by law, until someone proves to be entitled to the money.
Whatever money turns up in the abandoned accounts will be divided among the charities and education fund according to the terms of the settlement, Mr. Schneiderman's office said.
Mrs. Astor, whose waning years opened a morass of family conflict to public view, was identified as the holder of two abandoned accounts at Citibank, alongside thousands of less-famous people listed in an 84-page special legal-advertising section in The Daily News on Aug. 31.
That eliminates the issue of extra or abandoned accounts.
By turning abandoned accounts over to shareholders' last known states of residence, he figures to cut expenses by $375,000 per year.
The problem with all of this data, however, is that it includes abandoned accounts (as most likely does the Harvard data as well).
If you don't use Google + you might be forgiven for thinking that its security problems and its demise don't affect you, but bear in mind all those abandoned accounts in poorly managed sites or that are shut down that often contain a lot of our personal information.
Sure enough, a quick Twitter search yielded a couple of abandoned accounts.
