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English Dictionary: derelict	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for derelict
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
derelict adj 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" Synonym(s): creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone forsaken by owner or inhabitants ; "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse" Synonym(s): abandoned, derelict, deserted failing in what duty requires; "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to pay your bills" Synonym(s): derelict, delinquent, neglectful, remiss in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble- down shack" Synonym(s): bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down n a person without a home, job, or property a ship abandoned on the high seas Synonym(s): abandoned ship, derelict
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Derelict \Der"elict\, a. [L. derelictus, p. p. of derelinquere to forsake wholly, to abandon; de- + relinquere to leave. See {Relinquish}.] 1. Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian; left and abandoned; as, derelict* lands. The affections which these exposed or derelict children bear to their mothers, have no grounds of nature or assiduity but civility and opinion. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful. They easily prevailed, so as to seize upon the vacant, unoccupied, and derelict minds of his [Chatham's] friends; and instantly they turned the vessel wholly out of the course of his policy. --Burke. A government which is either unable or unwilling to redress such wrongs is derelict to its highest duties. --J. Buchanan.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Derelict \Der"e*lict\, n. (Law) (a) A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea. (b) A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use.