derelict

A short film has captured some of the last images of a derelict housing estate nicknamed "Scotland's Chernobyl" before demolition crews moved in.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Many of her neighbours accepted it and moved out, leaving her "stuck in a lovely house in a derelict street".

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Helena Smith, The Guardian's correspondent in Athens, told BBC Radio Scotland that the body was found in a derelict building in downtown Athens, "in an area that is booming, full of Airbnbs".

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Irwin spent £40,000 on a planning application in 2024 to convert a small derelict building in east London’s Hackney into two modern apartments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

I knotted the two loose straps together so I could sling the derelict hulk of my backpack over my shoulder like a satchel, gathered my stuff up, and hurried to gym.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

A host of bidders will compete for the drowned derelicts — some of whom may have less than honest intentions for the reselling of the rides.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2023

It prioritizes derelicts that interfere with navigation, which this boat does not do.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2017

In the movies, homeless people—or street people, or derelicts, or bums—sometimes get to play the lead in egalitarian-redemptive comedies like My Man Godfrey, Trading Places, Down and Out in Beverly Hills.

From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2017

Who needs to see the melting pot of humanity that converges on the clear waters of Bora Bora when you can meet the derelicts who peddle $125 badges for $2,000?

From Golf Digest ● Mar. 13, 2017

Nobody except beggars, derelicts and the police-custody dead were cremated there.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy