Derelict - Definition

adj 1: 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" [syn: creaky, decrepit,
derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone]
2: forsaken by owner or inhabitants ; "weed-grown yard of an
abandoned farmhouse" [syn: abandoned, derelict,
deserted]
3: failing in what duty requires; "derelict (or delinquent) in
his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to
pay your bills" [syn: derelict, delinquent, neglectful,
remiss]
4: in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements";
"a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-
down shack" [syn: bedraggled, broken-down, derelict,
dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down]
n 1: a person without a home, job, or property
2: a ship abandoned on the high seas [syn: abandoned ship,
derelict]