derelict

[US]/ˈderəlɪkt/
[UK]/ˈderəlɪkt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. neglected in duty; abandoned; ownerless
n. abandoned object; neglectful person; abandoned person

Phrases & Collocations

derelict building

derelict ship

Example Sentences

a partially derelict mill

a derelict Georgian mansion.

The ship is derelict long.

the barge lay derelict for years.

derelict houses were abandoned.

derelicts begging for change;

Derelicts often beg on the streets.

he was derelict in his duty to his country.

the MPs are here to scrape the rust off the derelict machinery of government.

was derelict in his civic responsibilities;

Babyhood and maturate were the most unseemliness and derelict of duty to a person.

derelicts who could fit all their possessions in a paper bag.

rumour had it that although he lived in a derelict house, he was really very wealthy.

The burying-ground is merely a huge waste of hummocky earth, like a derelict building-lot.

Derelict inner-city sites could be sold off cheaply for housing.

The other ships will still be looking to us, and what will they see? Frightened bargeman aboard a derelict ship?

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