What is the meaning of Derelict?

Given up by the guardian or owner; abandoned, forsaken.

Of a ship: abandoned at sea; of a spacecraft: abandoned in outer space.

Of property: in a poor state due to abandonment or neglect; dilapidated, neglected.

Adrift, lost.

Negligent in performing a duty; careless.

Property abandoned by its former guardian or owner; an item of such property.

  1. Property abandoned at sea with no hope of recovery and no expectation of being returned to its owner; an item of such property, especially a ship.

    Property abandoned at sea with no hope of recovery and no expectation of being returned to its owner; an item of such property, especially a ship.

    An abandoned or forsaken person; an outcast, a waif.

    A homeless or jobless person; a vagrant; also, a person who is (perceived as) negligent in their hygiene and personal affairs.

    A person who is negligent in performing a duty.

    To abandon or forsake (someone or something).

    To neglect a duty.

    Source: wiktionary.org