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1. Worn and broken down by hard use
   "a derelict shack";
   - creaky, decrepit, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone
    
2. Empty of people and unused, not maintained by the owner or inhabitants
   "weed-grown yard of a derelict farmhouse";
   - abandoned, deserted
    
3. Failing in what duty requires
   "derelict in his duty";
   - delinquent, neglectful, remiss
    
4. In deplorable condition
   "a street of derelict tenements";
   - bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down, derro [Austral, NZ, informal], dero [Austral, NZ, informal]

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: indigent, pauper, ship

Encyclopedia: Derelict