derelict
废弃的,荒废的,荒废,遗弃者
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Definitions
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- : left or deserted, as by the owner or guardian; abandoned: a derelict ship.
- : neglectful of duty; delinquent; negligent.
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- : a person abandoned by society, especially a person without a permanent home and means of support; vagrant; bum.
- : Nautical. a vessel abandoned in open water by its crew without any hope or intention of returning.
- : personal property abandoned or thrown away by the owner.
- : one guilty of neglect of duty.
- : Law. land left dry by a change of the water line.
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Examples
The couple has bought one of Detroit’s many derelict homes, which can cost just a few thousand dollars, and are renovating it themselves.
Right now, what we still don't know about the remake could fill a haunted derelict infested with ravenous space zombies—and that's intentional.
Congress and the media would be derelict not to examine the decisions by Fauci and others that led to this collaboration.
The funds would be used for the renovation of derelict public schools, including remodeling and repainting deteriorating buildings and upgrading bathrooms to make them “more modern.”
She encounters a derelict starship, hostile androids, and — of course — an Alien.
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.
Today, all that remains of these Jewish holiday centers is a constellation of derelict buildings.
He remembers, for example, living in Brooklyn Heights and trying to get booze from the “derelict liquor story nearby.”
The Daily Pic: In 1904 in Manhattan, the great Guastavino Co. gave palatial roofing to a subway station that's now derelict.
There were housing projects, and some truly derelict hotels where the very-down-on-their-luck lived.
A fair ship on a fair sea soon parts company with a —unless it tows it.