derelict Play adjectiveIn a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect.nounA person without a home, job, or property. SYNONYMS abandonedbroken-downcast offcreakingcreakycrumblingdecrepitdeserteddeteriorateddeterioratingdilapidateddiscardeddisusedfalling apartfalling to piecesforsakengone to rack and ruingone to seedin (a state of) disrepairin ruinsneglectedon its last legsownerlessramshacklerejectedrelinquishedricketyruinedrun downthe worse for weartumbledownunmaintaineduntendedworn out