DERELICT

• (noun) a ship abandoned on the high seas

  synonyms : abandoned ship

• (noun) a person without a home, job, or property

• (adj.) in deplorable condition

  "a street of bedraggled tenements", "a broken-down fence", "a ramshackle old pier", "a tumble-down shack"

  synonyms : bedraggled , broken-down , dilapidated , ramshackle , tatterdemalion , tumble-down

  After a tour of the dilapidated building, he discovered it was hopeless to renovate. -added by Administrator

• (adj.) failing in what duty requires

  "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty", "neglectful of his duties", "remiss of you not to pay your bills"

  synonyms : delinquent , neglectful , remiss

• (adj.) forsaken by owner or inhabitants

  "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse"

  synonyms : abandoned , deserted

• (adj.) 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"

  synonyms : creaky , decrepit , flea-bitten , run-down , woebegone
  
  -tagged by Administrator
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