derelict

A derelict Grade II listed church located in a wooded area of Leeds has been sold at auction.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The nerve-racking aspect of supposedly derelict shots is that we never know what’s outside the frame, want to peer around the photographic corner, and all the while fear the worst.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The building in Stonyhurst Street, Possilpark - which was derelict for 20 years - had received £3m to be renovated as affordable homes.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 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

A week later he was back at the derelict vehicle, apparently without regret.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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

In pursuit of fame and riches, New Yorkers hustle by the derelicts and homeless squatting on stoops and huddling in doorways, almost oblivious or indifferent to their plight.

From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2019

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

Well-dressed tourists mingled with the derelicts of the quarter.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin