1. In deplorable condition
   "a street of derelict tenements";
   - bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down, dero [Austral, NZ, informal], derro [Austral, NZ, informal]
    
2. Empty of people and unused, not maintained by the owner or inhabitants
   "weed-grown yard of a derelict farmhouse";
   - abandoned, deserted
    
3. Failing in what duty requires
   "derelict in his duty";
   - delinquent, neglectful, remiss

1. A person without a home, job, or property
   "The city opened a shelter to provide housing for derelicts"
    
2. A ship abandoned on the high seas
   "The coast guard found a derelict drifting in the Atlantic";
   - abandoned ship

Derived forms: derelicts

See also: damaged, negligent, uninhabited

Type of: indigent, pauper, ship

Encyclopedia: Derelict