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derelict in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. forsaken by owner or inhabitants
    "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse"
    abandoned  derelict  deserted 
  2. in deplorable condition
    "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack"
    bedraggled  broken-down  derelict  dilapidated  ramshackle  tatterdemalion  tumble-down 
  3. worn and broken down by hard use
    "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack"
    creaky  decrepit  derelict  flea-bitten  run-down  woebegone 
  4. failing in what duty requires
    "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to pay your bills"
    derelict  delinquent  neglectful  remiss 
noun
  1. a ship abandoned on the high seas
    abandoned ship  derelict 
  2. a person without a home, job, or property
    derelict 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University



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