Definition of "derelict" []

• Deserted by an owner or keeper; abandoned. (adjective)
• Run-down; dilapidated. (adjective)
• Neglectful of duty or obligation; remiss. See Synonyms at negligent. (adjective)
• Abandoned property, especially a ship abandoned at sea. (noun)
• A homeless or jobless person; a vagrant. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Who wants to live in derelict, isolating urban sprawl, anyway?"
• "Richards shows Brown agonising about how to raise the living standards of the poor – a concern that never animated Tony Blair – by finding stealthy means to fund public services, which, as he reminds us, were close to being in derelict when Labour took power."
• "Christ I still remember with fear when the dog handler used to get the probationers on night shift to hide for them in derelict bulidings or woodland -"