Definitions for derelict

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derelict der·e·lict

Spelling: [der-uh-likt]

IPA: /ˈdɛr ə lɪkt/

Derelict is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 264 anagrams from letters in derelict (cdeeilrt).

Definitions for derelict

noun

1. a person abandoned by society, especially a person without a permanent home and means of support; vagrant; bum.
2. Nautical. a vessel abandoned in open water by its crew without any hope or intention of returning.
3. personal property abandoned or thrown away by the owner.
4. one guilty of neglect of duty.
5. Law. land left dry by a change of the water line.

adjective

1. left or deserted, as by the owner or guardian; abandoned:
2. neglectful of duty; delinquent; negligent.

Origin of derelict

1640-50; Latin dērelictus forsaken (past participle of dērelinquere), equivalent to dē- de- + relictus past participle of relinquere to leave, abandon; see Examples for derelict

The Daily Pic: In 1904 in Manhattan, the great Guastavino Co. gave palatial roofing to a subway station that's now derelict.

Had he been derelict in duty and let this lamb wander from the fold?

Today, all that remains of these Jewish holiday centers is a constellation of derelict buildings.

The derelict's forehead is punched in, starred across, and rent diagonally.

He remembers, for example, living in Brooklyn Heights and trying to get booze from the “derelict liquor story nearby.”

We stood on the rooftop of a derelict farmhouse meters away from a Turkish tank and a razor wire fence marking the end of Turkey.

The barrier of stigma wedged between a person and others they deem “dirty” or “derelict” will not keep AIDS at bay.

Always glad to pick up a derelict, may be a chance for salvage, you know.

Meanwhile the ship drifted, a derelict on the face of the Pacific.

We are going to help the derelict division of French in every way we can.