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And if I think that the ending is a major dud and DON'T say so in print, then as a critic I've been derelict in my duties--especially if said (undescribed) ending left an otherwise friendly audience pissed off.
On the other hand, listening to the banter between gaggles of Glaswegians at, say, their Barras market on any morning of the year is like listening to the discordant yakking of jackdaws around derelict tenement chimneys in the nesting season.
In fact, it would be derelict for the generals not to warn the administration of that.
The new Pousada de São Fransisco has been admirably converted from another convent, once derelict.
Where developers saw the opportunity to demolish derelict canal houses and warehouses, the people fought (sometimes literally) to save what they considered their heritage.