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are derelict
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.
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But others are derelict.
Baghdad's once-rowdy riverside cafés are derelict.
Preservationists dispute that all of the buildings are derelict.
"Our tanks and artillery are derelict," says a special-forces officer who defected to the rebels.
Two quarters are derelict, alternately tinned up to prevent squatters or decorated with public art.
They are derelict and on English Heritage's building at risk register.
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And he has fared better than most elderly Sherpas, many of whom are derelicts.
It's derelict, it's fucking derelict".
"Everything was derelict.
Both were derelict.
"The performance was derelict.
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