Crossword-Solution: DERELICT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Derelict | a. | Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian; left and abandoned; as, derelict lands. |
| Derelict | a. | Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful. |
| Derelict | n. | A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea. |
| Derelict | n. | A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETRAE
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greedy person
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Sentences with DERELICT (5)
And so, in that derelict museum, upon the thick soft carpeting of dust, to Weena’s huge delight, I solemnly performed a kind of composite dance, whistling _The Land of the Leal_ as cheerfully as I could.
The barrow of ginger beer stood, a queer derelict, black against the burning sky, and in the sand-pits was a row of deserted vehicles with their horses feeding out of nosebags or pawing the ground.
JPL was the only retail establishment on Bakker- straat, and it was unassuming, some might call it derelict, in appearance.
The first was a mass of wreckage floating beside the derelict in the midst of which, bottom up, rose and fell an overturned lifeboat; the other was the faint, dim line of a far-distant shore showing on the horizon in the east.
The sailors heard the shots with certain conviction that they announced the coming of their employer, and as they had no relish for the plan that would consign them to the deck of a drifting derelict, they whispered together a hurried plan to overcome the young woman and hail Rokoff and their companions to their rescue.
Quotes with DERELICT (3)
derelict. my voice cracked and yolk poured out. wind chimes rigid, no breeze, no song. my wings found hidden in your suitcase. pleas for help mistaken for a swan song. i'm stuffing pages from my journal down my throat as kindling. hoping the smoke will get the taste of you out of my mouth. he looks at me from across the room and all i want is to push him against the wall. ravage. ravage. carnage has never been more vogue. is it still art if it doesn't bring you to your knees?…
[F]reedom isn't free. It shouldn't be a bragging point that "Oh, I don't get involved in politics," as if that makes you somehow cleaner. No, that makes you derelict of duty in a republic. Liars and panderers in government would have a much harder time of it if so many people didn't insist on their right to remain ignorant and blindly agreeable.
LIZZ WINSTEAD Instead of Jon playing a character — the news anchor, one of the derelicts in a derelict world of media — Jon made a creative decision to take the show in the direction of the correspondents presenting the idiocy, and then Jon is the person who calls out the idiocy with the eloquence that the viewer wishes they had. And he did it in a way that’s not condescending, it’s not smug. It’s funny, it’s emotional, it’s calling out bullshit. So Jon became the voice of the audience.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP.
Used 27 times in crossword archives (1950–2024).