<p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>left or deserted, as by the owner or guardian; abandoned; a derelict ship.</li><li>neglectful of duty; delinquent; negligent.</li><li>Synonyms: heedless, careless, remiss.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>a person abandoned by society, especially a person without a permanent home and means of support; vagrant; bum.</li><li>Nautical: a vessel abandoned in open water by its crew without any hope or intention of returning.</li><li>personal property abandoned or thrown away by the owner.</li><li>one guilty of neglect of duty.</li><li>Law: land left dry by a change of the water line.</li></ul>