Derelict

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful.

II. Derelict ·noun A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use.

III. Derelict ·adj Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian; left and abandoned; as, derelict lands.

IV. Derelict ·noun A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea.

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