dilapidated

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    in deplorable condition

Word Origin

dilapidated (adj.)
"in ruins, broken down," 1806, past participle adjective from dilapidate.

Synonym

Example

1. Many hospitals and schools are dilapidated .
2. Oil gave him power far beyond the confines of his dilapidated state .
3. However , real concerns remain about america 's exploding pension liabilities and dilapidated infrastructure .
4. Rich pupils get good private education ; poor ones are condemned to underfunded , dilapidated state-funded schools .
5. On the day of the presidential election money-politics could be seen in action in central kano , the dusty , dilapidated industrial capital of the north .

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