derelict

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The tractor and the derelict are dark and motionless.

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  1. adjective Deserted by an owner or keeper; abandoned.
  2. adjective Run-down; dilapidated.
  3. adjective Neglectful of duty or obligation; remiss. See Synonyms at negligent.

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  • The tractor and the derelict are dark and motionless. —  Fail-Safe, &c.
  • By that time the research ship was a near-derelict, pitted and hulled by repeated near-misses, able to crawl through space only at sublight velocities. —  The Man Who Used the Universe
  • And, in all human probability, under the sand which choked the cabin of the derelict was the long-sought chest of Spanish doubloons But what was the mysterious fate of Peter? —  Spanish Doubloons
  • "Oh," smiled Dan, "the thought of fudge on a derelict was and is responsible for this twinkle." —  Dan Merrithew
  • "Don't you people ever make mistakes?" —  Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin dērelictus, past participle of dērelinquere, to abandon : dē-, de- + relinquere, to leave behind; see relinquish.

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  1. = Portuguese derelicto = Italian derelitto, from Latin derelictus, past participle of derelinquere, forsake utterly, from de- + relinquere, forsake, abandon: see relict, relinquent, relinquish.
 

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/ˈdɛrɛlɪkt/
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