1. Worn and broken down by hard use
   - creaky, decrepit, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone 
2. Forsaken by owner or inhabitants
   - abandoned, deserted 
3. Failing in what duty requires
   "derelict in his duty"
   - delinquent, neglectful, remiss 
4. In deplorable condition
   - bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down, dero [Austral, NZ], derro [Austral, NZ]

1. A person without a home, job, or property 
2. A ship abandoned on the high seas
   - abandoned ship

Derived forms: derelicts

See also: damaged, negligent, uninhabited, worn

Type of: pauper, ship

Encyclopedia: Derelict

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