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Derelict

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Definitions for Derelict

noun
a person without a home, job, or property
noun
a ship abandoned on the high seas
Synonyms
abandoned ship
adjective
worn and broken down by hard use
Synonyms
creaky decrepit flea-bitten run-down woebegone
Examples
  1. a creaky shack
  2. a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape
  3. a flea-bitten sofa
  4. a run-down neighborhood
  5. a woebegone old shack
adjective
forsaken by owner or inhabitants
Synonyms
abandoned deserted
Examples
  1. weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse
adjective
failing in what duty requires
Synonyms
delinquent neglectful remiss
Examples
  1. derelict (or delinquent) in his duty
  2. neglectful of his duties
  3. remiss of you not to pay your bills
adjective
in deplorable condition
Synonyms
bedraggled broken-down dilapidated ramshackle tatterdemalion tumble-down
Examples
  1. a street of bedraggled tenements
  2. a broken-down fence
  3. a ramshackle old pier
  4. a tumble-down shack
adjective
worn and broken down by hard use
Synonyms
creaky decrepit flea-bitten run-down woebegone
Examples
  1. a creaky shack
  2. a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape
  3. a flea-bitten sofa
  4. a run-down neighborhood
  5. a woebegone old shack
adjective
forsaken by owner or inhabitants
Synonyms
abandoned deserted
Examples
  1. weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse
adjective
failing in what duty requires
Synonyms
delinquent neglectful remiss
Examples
  1. derelict (or delinquent) in his duty
  2. neglectful of his duties
  3. remiss of you not to pay your bills
adjective
in deplorable condition
Synonyms
bedraggled broken-down dilapidated ramshackle tatterdemalion tumble-down
Examples
  1. a street of bedraggled tenements
  2. a broken-down fence
  3. a ramshackle old pier
  4. a tumble-down shack
adjective
worn and broken down by hard use
Synonyms
creaky decrepit flea-bitten run-down woebegone
Examples
  1. a creaky shack
  2. a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape
  3. a flea-bitten sofa
  4. a run-down neighborhood
  5. a woebegone old shack
adjective
forsaken by owner or inhabitants
Synonyms
abandoned deserted
Examples
  1. weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse
adjective
failing in what duty requires
Synonyms
delinquent neglectful remiss
Examples
  1. derelict (or delinquent) in his duty
  2. neglectful of his duties
  3. remiss of you not to pay your bills
adjective
in deplorable condition
Synonyms
bedraggled broken-down dilapidated ramshackle tatterdemalion tumble-down
Examples
  1. a street of bedraggled tenements
  2. a broken-down fence
  3. a ramshackle old pier
  4. a tumble-down shack

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