derelict

Meanings

Adjective

• Abandoned, forsaken; given up by the natural owner or guardian; (of a ship) abandoned at sea, dilapidated, neglected; (of a spacecraft) abandoned in outer space.
• Negligent in performing a duty.
• Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful.

Noun

• Property abandoned by its former owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea.
• An abandoned or forsaken person; an outcast.
• A homeless and/or jobless person; a person who is (perceived as) negligent in their personal affairs and hygiene.

Related

Similar words

• abandoned

Origin

• Latin derelictus, perfect passive participle of dērelinquō from dē- + relinquō, from rē- + linquō.