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dilapidated

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di·lap·i·dat·ed

[dih-lap-i-dey-tid]
adjective
reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect.

Origin:
1800–10; dilapidate + -ed2

non·di·lap·i·dat·ed, adjective
un·di·lap·i·dat·ed, adjective


run-down, tumbledown, ramshackle, rickety.

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opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
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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di·lap·i·date

[dih-lap-i-deyt] verb -dat·ed, -dat·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
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.
2.
Archaic. to squander; waste.
verb (used without object)
3.
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

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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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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