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Derelict Very Common

Derelict has 8 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a person without a home, job, or property

2

a ship abandoned on the high seas

3

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

Adjective
1

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"

2

forsaken by owner or inhabitants

"weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse"

3

failing in what duty requires

"derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"

"neglectful of his duties"

"remiss of you not to pay your bills"

4

in deplorable condition

"a street of bedraggled tenements"

"a broken-down fence"

"a ramshackle old pier"

"a tumble-down shack"

5

Abandoned, forsaken; given up by the natural owner or guardian; (of a ship) abandoned at sea, dilapidated, neglected; (of a spacecraft) abandoned in outer space.

Example Sentences
"a creaky shack" adjective
"a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape" adjective
"a flea-bitten sofa" adjective
"a run-down neighborhood" adjective
"a woebegone old shack" adjective
"weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse" adjective
"derelict (or delinquent) in his duty" adjective
"neglectful of his duties" adjective
"remiss of you not to pay your bills" adjective
"a street of bedraggled tenements" adjective
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
pauper ship
Rhyming Words
ict dict pict fict edict evict afaict indict depict delict strict relict addict afflict verdict apodict predict convict inflict apomict
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