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derelict

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  1. 1. a. Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian; left and abandoned; as, derelict lands. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use. Source: opted
  5. 5. adj. worn and broken down by hard use Source: wordnet
  6. 6. adj. forsaken by owner or inhabitants Source: wordnet
  7. 7. adj. failing in what duty requires Source: wordnet
  8. 8. adj. in deplorable condition Source: wordnet
  9. 9. n. a person without a home, job, or property Source: wordnet
  10. 10. n. a ship abandoned on the high seas Source: wordnet
  11. 11. j:86/n:14 n. a person without a home, job, or property s. failing in what duty requires Source: ecdict

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