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Derelict
/ˈdɛɹəlɪkt/
Property abandoned by its former owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea.
📖 Definitions of "Derelict"
- 1
Property abandoned by its former owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea.
- 2
An abandoned or forsaken person; an outcast.
- 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.)
- 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
Negligent in performing a duty.
- 3
Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful.
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