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Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : der-uh-likt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛr ə lɪkt



Definition of derelict

Origin :
  • 1640s, from Latin derelictus "solitary, deserted," past participle of dereliquere "to abandon, forsake, desert," from de- "entirely" + relinquere "leave behind" (see relinquish). Originally especially of vessels abandoned at sea or stranded on shore. As a noun, from 1660s.
  • adj careless, negligent
  • adj deserted, forsaken
  • noun destitute or down-and-out person
Example sentences :
  • Always glad to pick up a derelict, may be a chance for salvage, you know.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The derelict's forehead is punched in, starred across, and rent diagonally.
  • Extract from : « With The Night Mail » by Rudyard Kipling
  • We are going to help the derelict division of French in every way we can.
  • Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton
  • Meanwhile the ship drifted, a derelict on the face of the Pacific.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
  • Had he been derelict in duty and let this lamb wander from the fold?
  • Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Detroit » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
  • He felt as he had at his father's death, rudderless, derelict.
  • Extract from : « Still Jim » by Honor Willsie Morrow
  • We took a series of photos of that derelict when we stumbled on it.
  • Extract from : « Medal of Honor » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • The enemy ship has been put out of action and is now in a derelict condition.
  • Extract from : « Greylorn » by John Keith Laumer
  • Rubbing shoulders with the crowd outside, shabby, poor, a derelict.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1919 » by Various
  • A correspondent on the ——'s staff had been derelict, and I was appointed to his division.
  • Extract from : « Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, » by George Alfred Townsend

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