derelict

/ˈdɛɹəlɪkt/

noun

  1. 1

    Property abandoned by its former owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea.

  2. 2

    An abandoned or forsaken person; an outcast.

  3. 3

    A homeless and/or jobless person; a person who is (perceived as) negligent in their personal affairs and hygiene. (This sense is a modern development of the preceding sense.)

adjective

  1. 1

    Abandoned, forsaken; given up by the natural owner or guardian; (of a ship) abandoned at sea, dilapidated, neglected; (of a spacecraft) abandoned in outer space.

    There was a derelict ship on the island.
  2. 2

    Negligent in performing a duty.

  3. 3

    Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful.

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