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Meaning of derelict
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
derelict
adj 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" [syn: {creaky}, {decrepit},
{derelict}, {flea-bitten}, {run-down}, {woebegone}]
2: forsaken by owner or inhabitants ; "weed-grown yard of an
abandoned farmhouse" [syn: {abandoned}, {derelict},
{deserted}]
3: failing in what duty requires; "derelict (or delinquent) in
his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to
pay your bills" [syn: {derelict}, {delinquent}, {neglectful},
{remiss}]
4: in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements";
"a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-
down shack" [syn: {bedraggled}, {broken-down}, {derelict},
{dilapidated}, {ramshackle}, {tatterdemalion}, {tumble-down}]
n 1: a person without a home, job, or property
2: a ship abandoned on the high seas [syn: {abandoned ship},
{derelict}]
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