Abandoned (8 letters)

{ Answer }

DERELICT

{ Related Clues }

Negligent
Remiss
Vagrant

{ Tags }

abandoned, derelict, negligent, remiss, vagrant

{ Notes }

The answer DERELICT is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1800 puzzles.

{ Definition }

DERELICT as a noun:

1. a person unable to support himself

2. (abandoned ship, derelict) = a ship abandoned on the high seas

DERELICT as an adjective:

1. (creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone) = worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack"

2. (abandoned, derelict) = forsaken by owner or keeper ; "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse"

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

4. (bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down) = in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack"