derelict
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(s) 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
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(s) forsaken by owner or inhabitants
- weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse
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(s) failing in what duty requires
- derelict (or delinquent) in his duty
- neglectful of his duties
- remiss of you not to pay your bills
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(s) in deplorable condition
- a street of bedraggled tenements
- a broken-down fence
- a ramshackle old pier
- a tumble-down shack
Nouns
- (n) a person without a home, job, or property
- (n) a ship abandoned on the high seas abandoned ship,