Derelict

Definition:

  • (a.) Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian; left and abandoned; as, derelict lands.
  • (a.) Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful.
  • (n.) A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea.
  • (n.) A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use.

Compare derelict with other words:

derelict vs. desert

derelict vs. deserted

derelict vs. desolate

derelict vs. negligent

derelict vs. remiss

derelict vs. outcast

derelict vs. rundown

derelict vs. dilapidated

delinquent vs. derelict

bereft vs. derelict

derelict vs. relic

derelict vs. relict

derelict vs. woebegone

derelict vs. salvage

derelict vs. lagan

abandoned vs. derelict

derelict vs. jetsam

derelict vs. flotsam