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Derelict

Derelict Meaning & Definition
Derelict Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Derelict?

[n] a ship abandoned on the high seas
[n] a person unable to support himself
[adj] failing in what duty requires; "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to pay your bills"
[adj] deserted or abandoned as by an owner; "a derelict ship"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Derelict: abandoned ship | delinquent | forsaken | neglectful | negligent | remiss

Related Terms | Find terms related to Derelict: abandoned | battered | beachcomber | beaten up | beat-up | beggar | beggarly fellow | behindhand | blighter | Bowery bum | broken-down | budmash | bum | bummer | caitiff | careless | castaway | castoff | cast-off | culpably negligent | declasse | decrepit | delinquent | deserted | desolate | devil | dilapidated | dilatory | dingy | disaffected | discard | discarded | disloyal | disowned | displaced person | disregardful | disused | dogie | down-and-out | DP | drifter | drunkard | evictee | exile | expatriate | expellee | faded | faithless | false | fickle | floater | flotsam | flotsam and jetsam | forsaken | foundling | good-for-naught | good-for-nothing | heedless | hobo | human wreck | in ruins | inadvertent | inattentive | inconstant | irresponsible | Ishmael | jetsam | jettisoned | junk | lagan | laissez-faire | lax | lazzarone | left | leper | loafer | loose | lowlife | malingerer | marooned | mauvais sujet | mean wretch | mucker | neglected | neglectful | neglecting | negligent | no-good | noninterfering | nonrestrictive | not true to | of bad faith | off-guard | orphan | outcast | outcast of society | outcaste | outlaw | outside the gates | outside the pale | overly permissive | pariah | pauvre diable | permissive | persona non grata | pilgarlic | poor creature | poor devil | procrastinating | ramshackle | recreant | refuse | regardless | reject | rejected | relaxed | remiss | rubbish | ruined | ruinous | run-down | sad case | sad sack | scamping | seedy | shabby | skid-row bum | skimping | slack | slacker | slighting | slipshod | sloppy | slovenly | slummy | slurring | social outcast | solitary | stiff | street arab | sundowner | swagman | threadbare | tottery | tramp | trash | trothless | truant | tumbledown | unacceptable person | uncircumspect | uncouth | undependable | undesirable | unfaithful | unguarded | unloyal | unreliable | unrigorous | unsteadfast | untouchable | untrue | untrustworthy | unwary | unwatchful | vag | vagabond | vagrant | vaurien | waif | waifs and strays | wastrel | worthless fellow | wretch

See Also | pauper | poor man | ship

Derelict In Webster's Dictionary

\Der"e*lict\, a. [L. derelictus, p. p. of derelinquere to forsake wholly, to abandon; de- + relinquere to leave. See {Relinquish}.] 1. Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian; left and abandoned; as, derelict lands. The affections which these exposed or derelict children bear to their mothers, have no grounds of nature or assiduity but civility and opinion. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful. They easily prevailed, so as to seize upon the vacant, unoccupied, and derelict minds of his [Chatham's] friends; and instantly they turned the vessel wholly out of the course of his policy. --Burke. A government which is either unable or unwilling to redress such wrongs is derelict to its highest duties. --J. Buchanan.
\Der"e*lict\, n. (Law) (a) A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea. (b) A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use.

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