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