derelictionnoun
uk/ˌder.əˈlɪk.ʃən/us/ˌder.əˈlɪk.ʃən/dereliction noun (FAILURE)
[ C or U ] (a) failure to do what you should do:
What you did was a grave dereliction of duty.
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Failures
- a dog's breakfast idiom
- another/the final nail in the coffin idiom
- breakdown
- car crash
- cock-up
- dead duck
- free fall
- hash
- lemon
- lost cause
- lulu
- mess
- mess-up
- might-have-been
- parody
- slush pile
- track record
- train wreck
- turkey
- underachiever
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dereliction noun (IN BAD CONDITION)
[ U ] (especially of a building) a state of not being cared for:
The old railway station was in a state of dereliction.
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In bad condition
- battered
- battle-scarred
- be on the skids idiom
- beat up
- blasted
- have seen better days idiom
- hors de combat
- impair
- in good, bad, etc. repair idiom
- kaput
- scuff
- shabby
- shattered
- shop-soiled
- shopworn
- worn out
- worse
- worsen
- wrack
- wrecked
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