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8 letters11 letters
"Run-down"2 answers
derelict8 lettersdilapidated11 letters
Filled answer is this word (DERELICT).
Definitions
in deplorable condition
Used in a sentence
“[T]heſe affections, vvhich theſe expoſed or derelict children bear to their Mothers, have no grounds of nature or aſſiduity but civility and opinion; […]”
“There was a derelict ship on the island.”
“An imaginative illustration showing how a space tow-boat (lower left), operating with a plasma electric rocket motor, takes a derelict satellite out of the traffic lanes in deep space.”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Neglected building”8 letters
02“Run-down”8 letters
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