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"derelict building" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe a building that is in a state of disrepair, either from abandonment or neglect. For example, "The old factory had been a derelict building for years, slowly crumbling away from the elements."
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"It was a derelict building," he said.
It's a derelict building so there was no central heating.
He nodded toward a derelict building in a field.
"It was a derelict building – literally a shell.
They had somehow managed to hide themselves in a derelict building overlooking the stadium.
The post-Wall abundance of derelict building and excess housing was decisive.
He passed some industrial sites and a derelict building at the water's edge.
This stunning though derelict building is a symbol of Liverpool's "gentrification".
We were walking past a derelict building with "West Coast Video" stenciled on its plate glass.
It could be a park, a derelict building, a flat in Notting Hill.
On arrival, they found a derelict building, partially demolished and structurally unsafe.
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