If you call a place godforsaken, you mean it feels empty, far from other people, and cheerless — nothing to look at, nowhere nice to sit, no reason to stay. A godforsaken village might have one shop, a dusty road, and silence after six. A godforsaken hotel might be ugly, lonely, and a long way from town. The picture inside the word is strong: as if God walked away and left the place behind. Though actually, people who say it are often not talking about church at all. They are complaining. They mean “this dump,” “the middle of nowhere,” “a sad, dull spot.” It is almost always used of places (town, village, stretch of road, corner of a building), not of people. It sounds tired and a bit bitter, more spoken than careful writing, and it is not a kind word if someone lives there. You would not put it on a postcard to the mayor.