dilapidated
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6.2
- adjective
- /dɪˈlæpɪˌdeɪtɪd/
:
deteriorado
- The property is nothing but a lot of rocky acreage with a dilapidated farmhouse on it.
- dilapidated building
- dilapidated house
- dilapidated housing
It's dilapidated, but it's still standing.
- It's dilapidated, but it's still standing.
- And we just were these two kind of helpless people just trying to make it work out in this dilapidated fixer upper house.
- They're, they're, they're wet, they're dilapidated, they're rickety.
Examples
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After years of neglect, the once-grand mansion stood dilapidated and covered in vines.
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It's actually pretty dilapidated but the main house is in good condition.
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It's dilapidated, but it's still standing.
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The man followed the address and found an old dilapidated Hut with a much older lady sitting outside.
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Sarah tried not to think about how rusty the Jeep was, how dilapidated the farm was.
Fiction book (1999) -
No longer thinking of danger, Chris walked toward the dilapidated old couch in the living area.
Fiction book (1999) -
A little farther inland, there was a dilapidated barn: the only sign of people anywhere around.
Fiction book (2000) -
The Dude and Walter are pulling up in front of a dilapidated house sitting on a scrubby lot.
Fiction book (1998) -
Pretty pink adobe hotels gradually gave way to dilapidated houses surrounded by broken vehicles.
Fiction book (1990) -
The Kywezun Jetty is a fascinating, dilapidated shantytown on the banks of the Ayerwaddy.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
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1.0
Gone bad and no longer good to eat or use
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4.4
In very poor condition and not working because of age or neglect
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3.8
A place or thing that is very badly damaged, often used for buildings and companies
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3.1
An object too old or damaged from heavy use to be useful
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5.9
Unstable and likely to fall, like an old chair or bridge
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4.5
A building or place that is in poor condition because people do not look after it
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7.5
A place or building that is abandoned and in very bad condition from lack of use
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7.5
Old and in very bad condition, like a house about to fall down
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6.6
A building or vehicle that is very old and in poor condition from lack of care
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4.1
Old and torn clothes or fabric with loose threads
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6.7
An old building in very bad condition because no one repaired it
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3.9
Something like wood, teeth, or food that is soft and broken because it has rotted
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3.0
Damaged by decay so it is no longer safe or useful
Antonyms
How Dilapidated
Surface Forms
Morphology
dilapidated = dilapidate (opaque) = lapid + ate + ed
Although the change from the verb 'dilapidate' to 'dilapidated' is a regular '-ed' formation, the verb and its root are rare and not recognizable to average learners, so the relation does not help infer meaning.
Etymology
Dilapidated comes from the Latin parts de- 'away' and lapis 'stone', which gives the image of a building broken down into stones. So a dilapidated place is one that has fallen apart and is in very bad repair.