Sentence examples for is derelict from inspiring English sources

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is 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.

  • There was a derelict ship on the island.

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"I know that the neighborhood is derelict.

Much of its infrastructure is derelict despite government regeneration funding.

The pier from which steam ships once departed is derelict, but the ships themselves mostly survive.

My old house is derelict and unused now that Anjuna is packed with hotels.

Now the mill is derelict, its windows broken, its cavernous halls empty, its promises unfulfilled.

The single-story building registered to his corporation at 450 Robeson Street is derelict, with chains on the doors.

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But others are derelict.

It's derelict, it's fucking derelict".

"Everything was derelict.

Both were derelict.

"The performance was derelict.

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