Derelict

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Deserted by an owner or keeper; abandoned.
  • adj. Run-down; dilapidated.
  • adj. Neglectful of duty or obligation; remiss. See Synonyms at negligent.
  • n. Abandoned property, especially a ship abandoned at sea.
  • n. A homeless or jobless person; a vagrant.
  • n. Law Land left dry by a permanent recession of the water line.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Abandoned, forsaken; (of ship) abandoned at sea; dilapidated, neglected.
  • adj. Negligent in performing a duty.
  • n. Property abandoned by its former owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea.
  • n. An abandoned or forsaken person; an outcast.
  • n. A homeless and/or jobless person; a person who is (perceived as) negligent in their personal affairs and hygiene. (This sense is a modern development of the preceding sense.)
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian; left and abandoned.
  • adj. Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful.
  • n. A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea.
  • n. A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Left; abandoned by the owner or guardian.
  • Unfaithful; neglectful of requirement or responsibility: as, derelict in duty.
  • n. That which is abandoned; in law, an article of goods or any commodity thrown away, relinquished, or abandoned by the owner; specifically, a vessel abandoned at sea.
  • n. Land left dry by a change of the water-line.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a ship abandoned on the high seas
  • adj. worn and broken down by hard use
  • adj. failing in what duty requires
  • n. a person without a home, job, or property
  • adj. in deplorable condition
  • adj. forsaken by owner or inhabitants
  • Equivalent
    worn    negligent    damaged    uninhabited   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ship    pauper   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lost    adrift    careless    neglectful    unfaithful    outcast    dereliction    abandoned   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts