Main entry: abandoned ship, derelict
Definition: a ship abandoned on the high seas
Main entry: derelict
Definition: a person without a home, job, or property
Main entry: bedraggled, derelict, dilapidated, broken-down, ramshackle, tumble-down, tatterdemalion
Definition: in deplorable condition
Usage: a street of bedraggled tenements; a broken-down fence; a ramshackle old pier; a tumble-down shack
Main entry: neglectful, delinquent, derelict, remiss
Definition: failing in what duty requires
Usage: derelict (or delinquent) in his duty; neglectful of his duties; remiss of you not to pay your bills
Main entry: abandoned, derelict, deserted
Definition: forsaken by owner or inhabitants
Usage: weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse
Main entry: woebegone, run-down, decrepit, derelict, creaky, flea-bitten
Definition: worn and broken down by hard use
Usage: a creaky shack; a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape; a flea-bitten sofa; a run-down neighborhood; a woebegone old shack