- Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian;
left and abandoned; as, derelict lands. - Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful;
unfaithful.
2 . Derelict
[ n.]
- A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its
proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea. - A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for
cultivation or use.
Meaning of 'derelict' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . derelict
[ s]
Meaning (1): - in deplorable condition
Example in sentence:
a broken-down fence;
a ramshackle old pier;
a street of bedraggled tenements;
a tumble-down shack
Meaning (2): - worn and broken down by hard use
Example in sentence:
a creaky shack;
a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape;