derelict
Example Sentences
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People in the area reported the derelict building appeared "completely burned out" by 23:00.
From BBC
On a former derelict dock in the British port city of Liverpool, fans of Everton throng eateries and bars at the football club's new stadium ahead of a Premier League match.
From Barron's
Now, when I drove down the main street, I would not be taken for a derelict.
From Literature
Recent reviews have described the mall as derelict, depressing and “a hole of a centre.”
The improvised prison pens—everything from old army barracks and training camps, barns and fairgrounds, derelict cotton warehouses and tobacco factories—were emptied out.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
