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Another word for dilapidated

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Adjective

  1. Falling to ruin

    See also:

    better

  2. Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect

    Idioms:
    See also:

    better

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Another word for dilapidated

Modifier
  1. See also:

    old

    decaying

    crumbly

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Sentence Examples

  • On the east of the town at the foot of a hill stands a dilapidated fort.

  • A fire was made up in the dilapidated brick stove.

  • He continued through the streets and slowed when he reached a dilapidated, boarded-up church on a corner.

  • They had been concealed in a cellar to prevent their falling into the hands of the book-collecting princes of Pergamum, and were in a very dilapidated condition.

  • coast, is substantially built of stone, surrounded by a wall, and commanded by a dilapidated citadel; it is the residence of the sultan and of the French administrator.

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