Read the dictionary definition of derelict. All definitions for this word.
1. a ship abandoned on the high seas
2. a person without a home, job, or property
3. in deplorable condition
1. a street of bedraggled tenements
2. a broken-down fence
3. a ramshackle old pier
4. a tumble-down shack
4. failing in what duty requires
1. derelict (or delinquent) in his duty
2. neglectful of his duties
3. remiss of you not to pay your bills
5. forsaken by owner or inhabitants
1. weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse
6. worn and broken down by hard use
1. a creaky shack
2. a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape
3. a flea-bitten sofa
4. a run-down neighborhood
5. a woebegone old shack