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Sentence count:99+4Posted:2016-08-07Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: abandonedabandoned shipbedraggledbroken-downcreakydecrepitdelinquentdilapidatedflea-bittenneglectfulramshackleremissrun-downtatterdemaliontumble-downwoebegoneSimilar words: reliefconflictrelievedelicatereliablehelicopterseverelyconflict withMeaning: ['derɪlɪkt]  n. 1. a person unable to support himself 2. a ship abandoned on the high seas. adj. 1. worn and broken down by hard use 2. forsaken by owner or keeper 3. failing in what duty requires 4. in deplorable condition. 
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61. Over his shoulder she was looking at the derelict house.
62. Maybe if they had we would have transformed a piece of derelict land.
63. The house and gallery date from 1640, though the house was derelict for many years and restored in 1920.
64. He was anxious to obtain a weekend retreat close to London and the derelict mill promised conveniently located, characterful accommodation.
65. Mermaids have been sighted there and a ghost haunts a derelict bothy near the loch.
66. And whilst derelict land supports the activities of man it provides a home for plants and animals.
67. These old Lincolnshire farmhouses, especially the derelict ones, tell a fascinating story of farming life in more ancient times.
68. Sandra paints from photographs she takes of old, often derelict buildings.
69. Hotel deal Mr Pratt said they have already bought and renovated another derelict building in the same area.
70. This had become a wilderness of weeds and bushes but hidden deep inside was a derelict conservatory demanding to be restored.
71. Where possible we use derelict land first - for instance this estate here was built on the site of a factory.
72. Paint was peeling from the shop fronts, some premises were derelict.
73. The building now stands in grave danger from the weather, derelict and in ruins.
74. A young man walked across the derelict site and hesitated as he reached Tony's car.
75. Only from the windows of a derelict tower block squatted by women was there any deliberately hostile response.
76. She lay derelict for 10 years before she was restored for the Museum in 1988.
77. We spent several nights there in a derelict house without a roof.
78. In the middle of town is a derelict building that used to be the school.
79. No. 41 was almost derelict.
80. Most of the interesting murderers come from derelict farms.
81. I'm detached and moving toward the derelict spacecraft.
82. The one is derelict; the other is deception.
83. The derelict soldier shirked his duties.
84. Meanwhile, in September,(www.Sentencedict.com) a Tu-154 plane made a miraculous emergency landing on a derelict airstrip in Russia's remote Komi region after its electrical systems failed midflight.
85. Doors of derelict houses may be boarded and nailed up to prevent children from getting in.
86. 'We are all hoping for a miracle, ' says Zsolt Zelei, a Budapest used-car dealer as he inspects rows of repossessed cars up for auction at a derelict, Communist-era factory complex.
87. Several derelict cars are fished out of the canal every month.
88. Last night I realized that I'd been both blind and derelict.
89. And these are not derelict hovels in crime-ridden communities: These homes are often in move-in condition and located in nice neighborhoods.
90. The burying-ground is merely a huge waste of hummocky earth, like a derelict building-lot.
More similar words: reliefconflictrelievedelicatereliablehelicopterseverelyconflict withreliabilitypreliminarydictionary orderbe considered ashere and theredepictvictimstrictelitepicturefictionverdictpredictconvictdictatesliceclickrelydistrictrestrictstrictlythere
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