Dictionary definition · derelict
noun
- a person without a home, job, or property
- a ship abandoned on the high seas
adjective
- worn and broken down by hard use"a creaky shack"
- forsaken by owner or inhabitants"weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse"
- failing in what duty requires"derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"
- in deplorable condition"a street of bedraggled tenements"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).