derelict

adjcareless, negligent

adjdeserted, forsaken
noundestitute or down-and-out person

Synonyms for derelict

adj careless, negligent

Antonyms for derelict

Word Origin & History

1640s, from Latin derelictus "solitary, deserted," past participle of dereliquere "to abandon, forsake, desert," from de- "entirely" + relinquere "leave behind" (see relinquish). Originally especially of vessels abandoned at sea or stranded on shore. As a noun, from 1660s.

Example Sentences for derelict

Always glad to pick up a derelict, may be a chance for salvage, you know.

The derelict's forehead is punched in, starred across, and rent diagonally.

We are going to help the derelict division of French in every way we can.

Meanwhile the ship drifted, a derelict on the face of the Pacific.

Had he been derelict in duty and let this lamb wander from the fold?

He felt as he had at his father's death, rudderless, derelict.

We took a series of photos of that derelict when we stumbled on it.

The enemy ship has been put out of action and is now in a derelict condition.

Rubbing shoulders with the crowd outside, shabby, poor, a derelict.

A correspondent on the ——'s staff had been derelict, and I was appointed to his division.

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Antonyms for derelict

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