Examples of 'derelict' in a sentence
Meaning of "derelict"
Derelict is used to describe something, such as a building or a ship, that is abandoned, neglected, or in a very poor condition
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- Abandoned, forsaken; given up by the natural owner or guardian; (of a ship) abandoned at sea, dilapidated, neglected; (of a spacecraft) abandoned in outer space.
- Negligent in performing a duty.
- Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful.
- Property abandoned by its former owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea.
How to use "derelict" in a sentence
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Bet some derelict on the train snagged it.
It had belonged in turn to various derelict families.
I have been derelict in my duties as head of the associates.
Zotkin is not here to vandalise a derelict warehouse.
It is now derelict and mostly fenced off.
Throughout this vast area of derelict buildings.
A large derelict farmhouse is also undergoing conversion.
The game begins on a derelict space station.
Derelict vessels cause boatloads of trouble in state.
You were a little derelict there for a moment.
The derelict building before it was destroyed by fire.
We are in front of the derelict apartments by the harbor.
The derelict factory behind the school.
The old mosque was derelict and rotting.
Here is a derelict country in which everything remains to be done.
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Some have remained derelict for decades.
We have derelict vessels that need cleaning up.
They traced the address to a derelict warehouse.
It is currently a derelict building that is crumbling down.
Derelict and avoids his responsibility as a parent.
The cemetery is in derelict and unrenovated condition.
But the bar you bought is derelict.
The buildings are derelict and unused at present.
Was spotted pulling illegal salvage on a derelict transport.
It has lain derelict since that time.
Years ago a body was found in a derelict building.
You are derelict of duty and you are lucky.
These buildings have been derelict for years.
The rest are derelict and beginning to fragment.
His body was discovered at a derelict junk lot.
The little derelict awaits the tide.
He must have known the building was derelict.
You found a derelict for this job.
Reno denies knowing who the derelict was.
It then became derelict for some years.
He has poor luck and becomes a derelict.
The building is derelict and could be demolished.
The old village smithy stands derelict.
Rehabilitation of derelict industrial and urban sites.
After a while many of them ended up derelict.
An interior view of a derelict hallway at an abandoned school.
Outbuildings are in various stages of disrepair and are derelict.
But a glinting derelict named no derelict named.
Just another day in the life of a derelict.
Transforming a derelict warehouse into your home.
Zotkin is not here to vandalize a derelict warehouse.
It was in a derelict state with many parts missing.
That building was in quite a derelict part of town.
In that derelict fairground an ancient prophecy is revealed.
Everything above ground is derelict and unsecured.
