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    derelict

    derelict - Dictionary definition and meaning for word derelict

    Definition
    (noun) a person without a home, job, or property Definition
    (noun) a ship abandoned on the high seas
    Synonyms : abandoned ship
    Definition
    (adj) worn and broken down by hard use
    Example Sentence
    • 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
    Definition
    (adj) forsaken by owner or inhabitants
    Synonyms : abandoned , deserted
    Example Sentence
    • weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse
    Definition
    (adj) failing in what duty requires
    Synonyms : delinquent , neglectful , remiss
    Example Sentence
    • derelict (or delinquent) in his duty
    • neglectful of his duties
    • remiss of you not to pay your bills
    Definition
    (adj) in deplorable condition
    Example Sentence
    • a street of bedraggled tenements
    • a broken-down fence
    • a ramshackle old pier
    • a tumble-down shack
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for derelict

dairy + licked=> people will tend to abandon/discard a "dairy milk" chocolate that has been licked..

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hey!der...u r negLEGted

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de-relic -> relic. relic and derelict has the same meaning

6        14

derail of train occurs due to negligence of duty

5        3

a person who licks the milk from somewhr,he is without home,job.he don't have money to buy milk..

3        30

de+reli+ct: DEplorable and REaLI CriTical condition

1        17

If someone finds a RELIC he keeps it with him as it is important.. Similarly if something is not important then we abandon it or may say "DELIC it"

1        6

Daily licked by dogs due to poor and abandoned condition

1        0

derelict ->de relation neglected me abandoned

1        1

focus on sound DERAIL..train leaving its RAIL or Abandoning

0        4

Dear (dere) + Left (lict)....

0        1

convert de into duty and r into n and place a g inside to convert relict into neglect. So duty neglect.

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derailed train is abandon

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