Derelict - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈderəlɪkt|
Brit.
|ˈderəlɪkt|
noun
- a person without a home, job, or property
- a ship abandoned on the high seas
- a ship abandoned on the high seas
adjective
- worn and broken down by hard use (syn: creaky, decrepit, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone)
- forsaken by owner or inhabitants (syn: abandoned, deserted)
- failing in what duty requires (syn: delinquent, neglectful, remiss)
- forsaken by owner or inhabitants (syn: abandoned, deserted)
- failing in what duty requires (syn: delinquent, neglectful, remiss)
derelict (or delinquent) in his duty
- in deplorable condition (syn: bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down)Extra examples
The officer was charged with being derelict in his duty.
...the guards were judged derelict in their duty...
It was a run-down neighborhood filled with drugs addicts and derelicts.
...a section of the city that seemed to be frequented mostly by derelicts...
I was a derelict from my cradle.
On the morning of March 23rd we steamed in search of the derelict.
Existing derelict land is needed for greening the cities.
These derelict houses are a reproach to the city.
The derelict soldier shirked his duties
Word forms
noun
singular: derelict
plural: derelicts
singular: derelict
plural: derelicts
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