DERELICT


Meaning of DERELICT in English

n. 25B6; adjective

a derelict building : DILAPIDATED, ramshackle, run down, tumbledown, in ruins, falling apart; rickety, creaky, deteriorating, crumbling; neglected, untended, gone to rack and ruin.

a derelict airfield : DISUSED, abandoned, deserted, discarded, rejected, neglected, untended.

(N. Amer.) he was derelict in his duty : NEGLIGENT, neglectful, remiss, lax, careless, sloppy, slipshod, slack, irresponsible, delinquent.

25B6; noun the derelicts who survive on the streets : TRAMP, vagrant, vagabond, down-and-out, homeless person, drifter; beggar, mendicant; outcast; informal dosser, bag lady; N. Amer. informal hobo, bum.

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