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dilapidated::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down |
Examples of dilapidated
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A stairway is being built to enable buyers to get into the dilapidated interior.
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I returned the dilapidated chair to the deck, where it sat all summer in ambush.
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In hindsight, it would have been much cheaper to tear down the dilapidated barn.
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One was an elderly man selling used clothing from a dilapidated, rusty pushcart.
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There's nothing worse than dilapidated fences, so repair or replace broken ones.
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Whatever its current state, it could not be as dilapidated as what he inherited.
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In 1738, tears were seen on a dilapidated wooden figure of the Scourged Saviour.
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Naval was trying to get government clearance to renovate a dilapidated structure.
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Meanwhile, the population bears the cost of ever more dilapidated infrastructure.
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- Bedraggled: in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack"
- (dilapidate) bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse
- (dilapidate) decay: fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay"
- (dilapidation) decrepitude: a state of deterioration due to old age or long use
- (dilapidation) the process of becoming dilapidated
- (Dilapidating) Dilapidation is a term meaning in general a falling into decay, but more particularly used in the plural in English law for # the waste committed by the incumbent of an ecclesiastical livingn# the disrepair for which a tenant is usually liable when he has agreed to give up his ...
- Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, especially through neglect
- (dilapidate) To fall into ruin or disuse; To cause to become ruined or put into disrepair; To squander or waste
- In a state of disrepair or ruin and no longer adequate for the purpose or use for which it was originally intended.
