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Dilapidated

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, as through neglect; broken-down and shabby.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. Past participle of dilapidate

adj. Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, especially through neglect

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Decayed; fallen into partial ruin; injured by bad usage or neglect.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. in deplorable condition

Word Usage

"She was patching a pair of his trousers, while his lean body was distributed over two chairs, his feet dangling in dilapidated carpet-slippers over the edge of the second chair."

Equivalent

damaged

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

decayed decadent ruined run-down bedraggled broken-down ruinous ramshackle

Verb Stem

dilapidate

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

rickety ramshackle shabby wooden unpainted forlorn decrepit nearby dusty ruinous