dilapidated

Speech parts

1. dilapidated - Adjective

2. dilapidated - Verb

4. dilapidated - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Dilapidate

Decayed; fallen into partial ruin; injured by bad usage or neglect.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

derelict ramshackle tumble-down tatterdemalion bedraggled broken-down rusty mangy scrubby weak worn eldest neglected ruined faded
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Antonyms

natty peal made new modern original
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Phrases with the word

dilapidated car redeveloping dilapidated urban areas especially dilapidated section of a city dilapidated condition dilapidated old automobile be dilapidated

Examples

Part of any serious QA is removing Perl code the same way you go over a dilapidated building you inherit to remove chewing gum and duct tape and fix whatever was kept together for real. Erik Naggum

I think there can be few examples of a life as dilapidated as mine. Charles Baudelaire

She was married for seven years to a concrete castle king. She said she wanted to learn to play the guitar and to hear her children sing. So I'd show up about once a week in my faded tight-legged jeans with a backlog full of hobo stories and dilapidated dreams. Harry Chapin

I am old, but the word to me means familiar, comfortable. Accustomed after long and venerable use. Not dilapidated and useless. Sherwood Smith

Ask anyone on Social Security if their check comes on time every month. Like clockwork. And it comes through the so-called dilapidated U.S. mail. My dad's check literally will come on the same day every month. The government has been quite good and efficient at creating a number of systems. Michael Moore

a street of bedraggled tenements Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

dilanthanum Dilantin dilapidate dilapidated automobile dilapidated car dilapidated condition