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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a person without a home, job, or property;

2. a ship abandoned on the high seas;
[syn: abandoned ship, derelict]


ADJECTIVE (4)

1. worn and broken down by hard use;
- Example: "a creaky shack"
- Example: "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"
- Example: "a flea-bitten sofa"
- Example: "a run-down neighborhood"
- Example: "a woebegone old shack"
[syn: creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone]

2. forsaken by owner or inhabitants ;
- Example: "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse"
[syn: abandoned, derelict, deserted]

3. failing in what duty requires;
- Example: "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"
- Example: "neglectful of his duties"
- Example: "remiss of you not to pay your bills"
[syn: derelict, delinquent, neglectful, remiss]

4. in deplorable condition;
- Example: "a street of bedraggled tenements"
- Example: "a broken-down fence"
- Example: "a ramshackle old pier"
- Example: "a tumble-down shack"
[syn: bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Derelict \Der"e*lict\, a. [L. derelictus, p. p. of derelinquere
   to forsake wholly, to abandon; de- + relinquere to leave. See
   Relinquish.]
   1. Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian;
      left and abandoned; as, derelict lands.
      [1913 Webster]

            The affections which these exposed or derelict
            children bear to their mothers, have no grounds of
            nature or assiduity but civility and opinion. --Jer.
      Taylor.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful;
      unfaithful.
      [1913 Webster]

            They easily prevailed, so as to seize upon the
            vacant, unoccupied, and derelict minds of his
            [Chatham's] friends; and instantly they turned the
            vessel wholly out of the course of his policy.
                                                  --Burke.
      [1913 Webster]

            A government which is either unable or unwilling to
            redress such wrongs is derelict to its highest
            duties.                               --J. Buchanan.
      [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Derelict \Der"e*lict\, n. (Law)
      (a) A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by
          its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea.
      (b) A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for
          cultivation or use.
          [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

derelict
    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]