dilapidatedadj.
/dɪˈlapɪdeɪtɪd/ Fallen into ruin or disrepair; ruined, impaired, broken down. (literal and figurative.)
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > dilapidated or ruinous
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a1806 S. Horsley Serm. xxxv. (R.) The inconvenience of succeeding to dilapidated houses.
1817 Sir J. Newport in Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 1484 The danger was to be apprehended from the dilapidated state of the finances.
1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. ii. i. 164 A dilapidated old country villa.
1874 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera IV. xxxvii. 2 A large and dilapidated pair of woman's shoes.
Compounds
dilapidated-looking adj.
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1926 M. Leinster Dew on Leaf viii. § i The doctor knocked at a faded green door of a dilapidated-looking house.
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