derelict

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'dɛrəlɪkt/, SAMPA: /dEr@lIkt/

[edit] Etymology

Latin derelictus past participle of derelinquere 'forsake, abandon' from de + relinquere 'leave, forsake'.

[edit] Adjective

derelict (comparative more derelict, superlative most derelict)

1. Abandoned, forsaken; (of ship) abandoned at sea; dilapidated, neglected.

   There was a derelict ship on the island.

2. Negligent in performing a duty.

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abandoned

• abandoned

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[edit] Noun

derelict (plural derelicts)

1. Abandoned property; a ship abandoned at sea.
2. An abandoned or forsaken person; an outcast.

   • 1911: A rather pathetic figure, the Lady Frances, a beautiful woman, still in fresh middle age, and yet, by a strange chance, the last derelict of what only twenty years ago was a goodly fleet. — Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax’ (Norton 2005, p.1364)

3. A negligent person.

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