dilapidated
reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect.
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- non·di·lap·i·dat·ed, adjective
- un·di·lap·i·dat·ed, adjective
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How to use dilapidated in a sentence
Twenty-eight years ago the Los Angeles LGBT Center moved from a rather dilapidated old motel and into a newly renovated 4,400-square-foot building in Hollywood.
Passing the baton, Lorri Jean to exit as LA LGBT Center CEO | Brody Levesque | January 28, 2021 | Washington BladeThe mansion where the main characters lived allowed me to escape my old dilapidated farmhouse for a solid 23 minutes every day.
How pregnancy bed rest helped prepare me for life in a pandemic | Aileen Weintraub | January 7, 2021 | Washington PostIt’s just a dilapidated former bed and breakfast, or so her mom tells her.
One Good Thing: Housebound is the perfect horror comedy for the perpetually quarantined | Aja Romano | December 31, 2020 | VoxWith no fresh cash coming in, the graveyard had become a dilapidated embarrassment.
In Glover Park, an old Catholic cemetery gets new life | John Kelly | December 2, 2020 | Washington PostGómez noted that lead is still present in older, more dilapidated housing — though I would argue lead isn’t really a climate issue.
Environment Report: Gómez and Jacobs on the Green New Deal, Climate Injustice and More | MacKenzie Elmer | October 12, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
The building used to be an all-girls school, and when it was initially purchased by Fortune it was dilapidated.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside | Justin Rohrlich | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTHere, in a dilapidated room, Saleem recounts the November blast.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan | Umar Farooq | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe drove for what felt like forever to a sort of dilapidated commercial part of Istanbul on the Asian side of the city.
The Model Diaries: In Turkey, It’s No Breasts, No Jobs | Anonymous | January 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat was a big reference point for us—a dilapidated old house, living in it and being bohemian.
Tom Hiddleston On His Rocker-Vampire in ‘Only Lovers Left Alive,’ ‘Thor 2,’ and ‘Avengers 2’ | Marlow Stern | September 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe building was dilapidated; the neighborhood sketchy; the floor dusty.
There was a window on each side of the dilapidated entrance, and one story above; but no light was visible.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3) | Charles DickensThe cheapest cigars in New York are dispensed by dilapidated Chinamen, who have little stands about the streets and markets.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.We were admitted by the keeper, who lives in the dilapidated but delightfully picturesque half-timbered gatehouse.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyAnd yet at this dilapidated old inn there were a number of guests who made great pretensions at style.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyThere still remained several handsome old ivy-covered mansions, and many beautiful as well as picturesquely dilapidated gardens.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
British Dictionary definitions for dilapidated
/ (dɪˈlæpɪˌdeɪtɪd) /
falling to pieces or in a state of disrepair; shabby
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