What is the meaning of Derelict?

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

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

    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, deficient, neglectful, unfaithful.

    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