| noun | a person without a home, job, or property |
| noun | a ship abandoned on the high seas |
| adjective | worn and broken down by hard use “a creaky shack” |
| adjective | forsaken by owner or inhabitants “weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse” |
| adjective | failing in what duty requires “derelict (or delinquent) in his duty” |
| adjective | in deplorable condition “a street of bedraggled tenements” |
| derelict | adjective | forsaken by owner or inhabitants |
| derelict | noun | a ship abandoned on the high seas |
| neglectfulness | noun | the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern |
| remissness | noun | the quality of being lax and neglectful |
| tatterdemalion | noun | a dirty shabbily clothed urchin |