DERELICT — Definition of DERELICT
noun
1
Property abandoned by its former owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea.
2
An abandoned or forsaken person; an outcast.
3
A homeless and/or jobless person; a person who is (perceived as) negligent in their personal affairs and hygiene. (This sense is a modern development of the preceding sense.)
adjective
1
Abandoned, forsaken; given up by the natural owner or guardian; (of a ship) abandoned at sea, dilapidated, neglected; (of a spacecraft) abandoned in outer space.
There was a derelict ship on the island.
2
Negligent in performing a duty.
3
Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful.
📚 Source: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/derelict
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