derelict

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

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

   “[T]heſe affections, vvhich theſe expoſed or derelict children bear to their Mothers, have no grounds of nature or aſſiduity but civility and opinion; […]”

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

   “There was a derelict ship on the island.”

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

   “There is much sad evidence, too, of the spoliation and dereliction of vanished industry: tips, slag-heaps and derelict colliery-screens among which the ubiquitous, nomad mountain sheep graze unconcernedly.”

4. sıfat Adrift, lost.
5. sıfat Negligent in performing a duty; careless.

   “The wrongs which we have suffered from Mexico are before the world, and must deeply impress every American citizen. A Government which is either unable or unwilling to redress such wrongs is derelict to its highest duties.”

6. isim Property abandoned by its former guardian or owner; (countable) an item of such property.
7. isim Property abandoned at sea with no hope of recovery and no expectation of being returned to its owner; (countable) an item of such property, especially a ship.

   “Till I came to the marge of Lake Lebarge, and a derelict there lay; / It was jammed in the ice, but I saw in a trice it was called the "Alice May." / And I looked at it, and I thought a bit, and I looked at my frozen chum: / Then "Here," said I, with a sudden cry, "is my cre-ma-tor-eum."”

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

   “And, think you, will the unkind ones hesitate / To try conclusions with my helplessness,— / To pounce on, misuse me, your derelict, / Helped by advantage that bereavement lends / Folks, who, while yet you lived, played tricks like these?”

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

   “Only she must have men—understand? If they're lazy derelicts and ne'er-do-wells she'll eat 'em up. But she's waiting for real men—British to the bone— […]”

10. isim A person who is negligent in performing a duty.
11. fiil To abandon or forsake (someone or something).

    “[H]e finds a poor young fellow, a famished, sick young man, derelicted of his master, and left for dead in the march, and by the means and conduct of this wretch, David recovers the enemy, recovers the spoil, recovers his honour, and the love of his people.”

12. fiil To neglect a duty.

    “[I]t has occurred to me, that where so momentous a point as the liberty of the subject is concerned, I should be derelicting from my duty, did I not avail myself of the assistance of His Majesty's law officer, where a doubt existed in my mind.”