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What does derelict mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word derelict? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. 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.
  2. Negligent in performing a duty.
  3. Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful.
Noun
  1. Property abandoned by its former owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea.
  2. (dated) An abandoned or forsaken person; an outcast.
  3. A homeless and/or jobless person; a person who is (perceived as) negligent in their personal affairs and hygiene. (This sense is a modern development of the preceding sense.)
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