Definition of Derelict

Noun

  • a ship abandoned on the high seas
    - abandoned ship
  • a person without a home, job, or property

Adjective

  • in deplorable condition
    "a street of bedraggled tenements"
    "a broken-down fence"
    "a ramshackle old pier"
    "a tumble-down shack"
    - broken down - tumble down
  • failing in what duty requires
    "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"
    "neglectful of his duties"
    "remiss of you not to pay your bills"
  • forsaken by owner or inhabitants
    "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse"
  • 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"
    - flea bitten - run down
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

Word games points for the Derelict

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Unscramble derelict

212 unscramble word found using the letters derelict.
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