Local English word record

derelict

adjective · 6 senses

in deplorable condition

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Examples

  • a street of bedraggled tenements
  • a broken-down fence
  • a ramshackle old pier
  • a tumble-down shack

Word relationships

Synonyms

bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down

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