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• Some hoodlums had torched a derelict automobile, which emitted a ghastly pall of thick, black smoke that filled the street.From the entry torch
• A spent upper stage is a derelict satellite.From the entry satellite
• Now derelict, it is surrounded by a shelterbelt of ancient sycamore trees.2019, Alan Staniforth, Cleveland Way, page 36. From the entry shelterbelt
• Bustling kopitiams sprouted around derelict whiskey bars like toadstools around rotting logs.2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 23. From the entry kopitiam
• He felt like a toss-up between a bindle stiff and a skid row derelict.1983, Clive Cussler, “Pacific Vortex!”, in Dirk Pitt Series, volume 1, Random House LLC, →ISBN, page 80. From the entry bindle stiff
• He wheeled away down the narrow sandy street like the veriest derelict.1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 81. From the entry veriest
• There were some trampled-looking patches of cassava and taro and a beached, derelict car or two.1970, Nadine Gordimer, A Guest of Honour, Penguin, published 1973, Part Two, p. 103. From the entry beached
• This strategic outcrop is home to a handful of derelict buildings once used to house US military personnel.2018 November 29, Mat Youkee, “Panama the new flashpoint in China's growing presence in Latin America”, in The Guardian. From the entry flash point
• Years spent on the derelict yacht they restored.2002, Farber Thomas, The Beholder: A Novel, Metropolitan Books, →ISBN, page 35. From the entry hypergreen
• Now there they were again, the derelicts and left-behinds.1998, Helena Barolini, Umbertina: A Novel, →ISBN. From the entry left-behind
• Derelict and well-nigh forgotten, Port Victoria now watches the great ships on the Medway—ships that might have berthed in its docks.1939 July, “Pertinent Paragraphs: Port Victoria”, in The Railway Magazine, London: Tothill Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 67. From the entry well-nigh
• Other denizens of the nighttime world made the rounds: winos, crackheads, lush rollers, bone thugs, pennyante drug dealers, homeless derelicts, and crazies.2009, William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone, Revenge of The Dog Team, →ISBN. From the entry lush roller
• It was just like an old novel: an ornate iron gate was opened by a liveried janitor, looking askance at my rather derelict pushbike.1984, Tad Sobolewski, Crossing the Bridges, Adelaide, S.A.: Dezsery Ethnic Publications, →ISBN, page 3. From the entry pushbike
• A number of the large cotton mills still stand in the area, although most are now either in use for other purposes, or stand empty and derelict.2019 October 23, Andy Coward, “New acclaim for Oldham Loop”, in Rail, page 58. From the entry cotton mill
• By finding homes in disused or even derelict buildings, micropubs can keep their overheads low and offer beer at more competitive prices than traditional rivals, Protz said.2015 September 10, Rebecca Smithers, “Small beer: why micropubs are the toast of Britain’s real ale revival”, in The Guardian. From the entry micropubs
• At a derelict Mobil station, a relic from the dark ages of his own boyhood, he turned past blocks of rowhouses unspruced through all the years since then.2010, Lynn Miller, Crossing the Line, page 29. From the entry unspruced
• I searched my area of the Eastern Hundreds for clues, landmarks, anything of significance, and drew a circle with my school compass, a derelict brass pivot aspiring to antiquehood.1990, Jonathan Gash, Moonspender: A Lovejoy Novel of Suspense. From the entry antiquehood
• Finally, it was interesting to note how "Patrick" included the pentecostalists in his list of the many derelicts and misfits that roam the hallways of the school.1988 March 4, Jorge Montes, “Talking Back to Teachers”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry pentecostalist

Meaning of derelict

1. adjective Given up by the guardian or owner; abandoned, forsaken.
2. adjective Of a ship: abandoned at sea; of a spacecraft: abandoned in outer space.
3. adjective Of property: in a poor state due to abandonment or neglect; dilapidated, neglected.

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How do you use derelict in a sentence?

Derelict is used as an adjective, noun and verb. For example: “There was a derelict ship on the island.”

What is a short sentence with derelict?

“A spent upper stage is a derelict satellite.”

What does derelict mean?

Derelict means given up by the guardian or owner; abandoned, forsaken.