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Derelict

Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian; left and abandoned; as, derelict lands.

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Negligent 84% connected

Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; as, disposed i…

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Negligent 84% connected

Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; as, disposed i…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Worn 84% connected

of Wear

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Worn 84% connected

of Wear

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Pauper 76% connected

A poor person; especially, one development on private or public charity. Also used adjectively; as, pouper immigrants, pouper labor.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Ship 76% connected

Pay; reward.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

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Abandoned 92% connected

of Abandon

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bedraggled 92% connected

of Bedraggle

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Decrepit 92% connected

Broken down with age; wasted and enfeebled by the infirmities of old age; feeble; worn out.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Delinquent 92% connected

Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Deserted 92% connected

of Desert

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dilapidated 92% connected

of Dilapidate

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Flea-bitten 92% connected

Bitten by a flea; as, a flea-bitten face.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Neglectful 92% connected

Full of neglect; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive; indifferent.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ramshackle 92% connected

Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Remiss 92% connected

Not energetic or exact in duty or business; not careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy; behindhand; lagging; slack;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tatterdemalion 92% connected

A ragged fellow; a ragamuffin.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tumble-down 92% connected

Ready to fall; dilapidated; ruinous; as, a tumble-down house.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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