derelict

/'derilikt/
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derelict

A derelict ship rests on a deserted beach.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • In a very poor condition due to neglect or abandonment: Describes something that is dilapidated, broken down, or in a state of disrepair because it has been left unused or uncared for.
    • Failing in duty; neglectful: Describes a person who is guilty of failing to perform a duty or obligation.

  2. Noun:

    • An abandoned ship: A ship that has been deserted by its crew and left adrift at sea.
    • A person without a home, job, or property; a social outcast: A person who is destitute and has been abandoned by society.
Examples of Usage
  • Adjective:
    • The derelict factory was overgrown with weeds and had broken windows.
    • The officer was charged with being derelict in his duties for failing to file the report.
  • Noun:
    • The coast guard boarded the derelict found floating off the coast.
    • The charity provides food and shelter for the derelicts of the city.
Advanced Usage
  • "Derelict of duty": A formal phrase meaning having failed to perform one's duty.
    • The soldier was court-martialed for being derelict of duty.
  • "Derelict property": Refers to land or buildings that are abandoned and in a state of decay.
    • The city plans to redevelop the derelict property downtown.
Variants and Related Words
  • Dereliction (n): The state of being abandoned or the act of abandoning; a willful neglect of duty.
    • The dereliction of the old mine led to dangerous conditions.
    • His dereliction of duty was a serious offense.
Synonyms
  • Adjective (condition): Dilapidated, decrepit, ramshackle, run-down, tumbledown.
  • Adjective (neglectful): Negligent, remiss, delinquent.
  • Noun (person): Vagrant, outcast, vagabond.
Related Phrases
  • "Leave derelict": To abandon something, leaving it in a ruined state.
    • The company left the site derelict for years.
Related Idioms
  • "A derelict hulk": Often used to describe a large, abandoned, and decaying structure or vehicle.
    • The old factory stood as a derelict hulk on the riverbank.
derelict

A derelict ship rests on a deserted beach.

Adjective
  1. in deplorable condition
    • a street of bedraggled tenements
    • a broken-down fence
    • a ramshackle old pier
    • a tumble-down shack
  2. failing in what duty requires
    • derelict (or delinquent) in his duty
    • neglectful of his duties
    • remiss of you not to pay your bills
  3. forsaken by owner or inhabitants
    • weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse
  4. 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
Noun
  1. a ship abandoned on the high seas
  2. a person without a home, job, or property

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