Lexic.us

Definition of Derelict

1. Noun. A person without a home, job, or property.

2. Adjective. Worn and broken down by hard use. "A woebegone old shack"

3. Noun. A ship abandoned on the high seas.

4. Adjective. Forsaken by owner or inhabitants. "Weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse"

5. Adjective. Failing in what duty requires. "Remiss of you not to pay your bills"

6. Adjective. In deplorable condition. "A tumble-down shack"

Definition of Derelict

1. a. Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian; left and abandoned; as, derelict lands.

2. n. A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea.

Definition of Derelict

1. Adjective. Abandoned, forsaken; (of ship) abandoned at sea; dilapidated, neglected. ¹

2. Adjective. Negligent in performing a duty. ¹

3. Noun. Property abandoned by its former owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea. ¹

4. Noun. (context: dated) An abandoned or forsaken person; an outcast. ¹

5. Noun. A homeless and/or jobless person; a person who is (perceived as) negligent in their personal affairs and hygiene. (qualifier This sense is a modern development of the preceding sense.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Derelict

1. something abandoned [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Derelict

deregistering deregisters deregistration deregistrations deregulate deregulated deregulates deregulating deregulation deregulations

deregulator deregulators deregulatory dereism dereistic derelict (current term) dereliction derelictions derelicts dereligionise

dereligionised dereligionises dereligionising dereligionize dereligionized dereligionizes dereligionizing dereling derencephalia derencephalocele

Literary usage of Derelict

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law of Contracts by Theophilus Parsons (1873)
"OP derelict. The salvage service most liberally rewarded, is that of saving " derelict " property. This word simply means abandoned. As a maritime term, ..."

2. A Treatise on Maritime Law: Including the Law of Shipping; the Law of Marine by Theophilus Parsons (1859)
"As to what is " derelict" there is no certain and accepted definition ; and perhaps none better than a vessel which is abandoned and deserted by her crew ..."

3. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1893)
"constitute a case of derelict, the vessel must be abandoned by her master and crew. The abandonment must be final without hope of recovery, or intention to ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Admiralty by Great Britain High Court of Admiralty (1848)
"Award and apportionment decreed by the Court in a case of derelict. diately to ... derelict. TN this case, the Caroline, with a valuable cargo of general ..."

5. A Treatise on the Law of Shipping and the Law and Practice of Admiralty by Theophilus Parsons (1869)
"As to what is "derelict" there is no certain and accepted definition ... The vessel was afterwards saved, and the court held that it was a case of derelict. ..."

6. A Treatise on the Law of Shipping and the Law and Practice of Admiralty by Theophilus Parsons (1869)
"As to what is "derelict" there is no certain and accepted definition ... The vessel was afterwards saved, and the court held that it was a ease of derelict. ..."

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