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Textual thesaurus for "derelict"

(adj) bedraggled, dilapidated, broken-down, ramshackle, tumble-down, tatterdemalion

in deplorable condition

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


(adj) neglectful, delinquent, remiss

failing in what duty requires

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


(adj) abandoned, deserted

forsaken by owner or inhabitants

weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse


(adj) woebegone, run-down, decrepit, creaky, flea-bitten

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


(noun) abandoned ship

a ship abandoned on the high seas