derelict :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. a person unable to support himself

n. a ship abandoned on the high seas

adj. failing in what duty requires; "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to pay your bills"

deserted, abandoned

adj. forsaken by owner or keeper ; "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse"

tramp, bum, hobo

n. a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"

vagrant, drifter

n. a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support

dawdling, pokey, laggard, dilatory, poky

adj. wasting time

dreamy, lackadaisical

adj. lacking spirit or liveliness; "a lackadaisical attempt"; "a languid mood"; "a languid wave of the hand"; "a hot languorous afternoon"

do-nothing, indolent, shiftless, bone-idle, bone-lazy, faineant, lazy, otiose, slothful, workshy, work-shy, bone idle, fainéant

adj. disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"

heedless, unnoticing, unobservant

adj. (inattentive)

impoverished, destitute, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken

adj. poor enough to need help from others

slack, loose, careless, lax

adj. lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline"

hit-and-run

adj. involving a driver of a motor vehicle who leaves the scene of an accident

inattentive, unconcerned

adj. not showing due care or attention; "inattentive students"; "an inattentive babysitter"; "neglectful parents"

cade

adj. (of a young animal) abandoned by its mother and raised by hand: "a cade calf"

castaway, rejected

adj. something or someone judged unacceptable; "rejected merchandise"

desolate, forlorn, godforsaken, lorn, sad

adj. marked by or showing hopelessness; "the last forlorn attempt"; "a forlorn cause"

marooned

adj. cut off or left behind; "an isolated pawn"; "several stranded fish in a tide pool"; "travelers marooned by the blizzard"

diligent

adj. characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks; "a diligent detective investigates all clues"; "a diligent search of the files"

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