1. (

• derelict

) a person without a home, job, or property ;

2. (

• abandoned_ship ,
• derelict

) a ship abandoned on the high seas ;

1. (

• creaky ,
• decrepit ,
• derelict ,
• flea-bitten ,
• run-down ,
• woebegone

) worn and broken down by hard use; "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" ;

2. (

• abandoned ,
• derelict ,
• deserted

) forsaken by owner or inhabitants; "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse" ;

3. (

• derelict ,
• delinquent ,
• neglectful ,
• remiss

) failing in what duty requires; "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to pay your bills" ;

4. (

• bedraggled ,
• broken-down ,
• derelict ,
• dilapidated ,
• ramshackle ,
• tatterdemalion ,
• tumble-down

) in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack" ;