derelict

adjective

  1. 1

    in deplorable condition

    a street of bedraggled tenements

    a broken-down fence

  2. 2

    failing in what duty requires

    derelict (or delinquent) in his duty

    neglectful of his duties

  3. 3

    forsaken by owner or inhabitants

    weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse

  4. 4

    worn and broken down by hard use

    a creaky shack

    a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape

noun

  1. 1

    a ship abandoned on the high seas

  2. 2

    a person without a home, job, or property

Synonyms

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