derelict

Example Sentences

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It thereafter remained obscured by fencing, seemingly derelict, until the chalet was handed a lifeline.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

People in the area reported the derelict building appeared "completely burned out" by 23:00.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

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 The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Lebanon is dotted with derelict buildings, and many inhabited structures are in an advanced state of disrepair.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

Still, the following two theoretical results are of such fundamental importance that I’d be derelict were I not to mention them at all.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos