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dilapidated

[dih-lap-i-dey-tid]

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adjective

reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect.

Origin:
1800–10; dilapidate + -ed²

Related forms

non·di·lap·i·dat·ed, adjective

un·di·lap·i·dat·ed, adjective

Synonyms
run-down, tumbledown, ramshackle, rickety.

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Example Sentences

Later years brought decline, as some districts became dilapidated domains of drug dealers and street people.

The slums were razed and dilapidated housing was replaced by high- income private housing and low income public housing.

The photographs, a mix of street scenes and interiors, show color-saturated stucco storefronts and dilapidated courtyards.

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verb (used with object)

to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.

Archaic. to squander; waste.

verb (used without object)

to fall into ruin or decay.

Origin:
1560–70; < Medieval Latin dīlapidātus, past participle of dīlapidāre to squander (compare dīlapidātiō disrepair), Latin: to pelt with stones; see di-², lapidate

Related forms

di·lap·i·da·tion, noun

di·lap·i·da·tor, noun

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dilapidated (dɪˈlæpɪˌdeɪtɪd)

—*adj*
	falling to pieces or in a state of disrepair; shabby

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Word Origin & History

dilapidated

1806, pp. adj. from dilapidate.

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dilapidate

1560s, from L. dilapidare, originally "to throw stones;" see dilapidation.

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