meaning of derelict
1. Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian; left and abandoned; as, derelict lands.
2. Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful.
3. A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea.
4. A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use.
5. a ship abandoned on the high seas
Related Words
derelict | dereliction |
