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[ dih-lap-i-dey-tid ] / dɪˈlæp ɪˌdeɪ tɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR dilapidated ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivereduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect. Origin of dilapidatedFirst recorded in 1800–10; dilapidate + -ed2 SYNONYMS FOR dilapidatedrun-down, tumbledown, ramshackle, rickety. SEE SYNONYMS FOR dilapidated ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM dilapidatednon·di·lap·i·dat·ed, adjectiveun·di·lap·i·dat·ed, adjectiveWords nearby dilapidateddilacerate, dilaceration, Dilacor, Dilantin, dilapidate, dilapidated, dilapidation, dilatancy, dilatant, dilatate, dilatation Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dilapidatedThe 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|DAILY BEAST Here, in a dilapidated room, Saleem recounts the November blast. The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan|Umar Farooq|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST We 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|DAILY BEAST That 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|DAILY BEAST
The building was dilapidated; the neighborhood sketchy; the floor dusty. Ping-Pong: America’s Most Overlooked Sport?|Matt Simon|August 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST The old semaphore's gaunt arms were dilapidated, 217 and it was to come down. A Little Girl in Old San Francisco|Amanda Minnie Douglas The latter was indeed in dilapidated condition, having lost an arm, and suffering from other wounds. The Lion of the North|G.A. Henty Turkey is a rather broken-down and dilapidated figure, who is preparing to use his bayonet, but has not got it quite ready. Raemaekers' Cartoons|Louis Raemaekers But the car standing in front of the house was not the dilapidated Ford that belonged to the Adams family. The Mystery of the Fires|Edith Lavell He meant to keep his dilapidated stock in as good repair as possible. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari|James S. De Benneville
British Dictionary definitions for dilapidated
adjectivefalling to pieces or in a state of disrepair; shabby Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to dilapidateddamaged, run-down, shabby, decaying, crumbling, unkempt, broken-down, neglected, dingy, decrepit, ramshackle, seedy, derelict, rickety, battered, injured, impaired, decayed, faded, marred |