Lexic.us

Definition of Derelict

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

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

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

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

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

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