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Meanings of dilapidated in English

In deplorable condition.

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      Usage of dilapidated in English
      1
      A year ago Chesterfield was a slightly dilapidated but entirely adequate station.
      The Guardian
      2
      Immediately past the gates, however, stood a series of dilapidated mechanics' workshops.
      Map of bones
      3
      Experts and engineers had said dilapidated machinery was responsible for the accident.
      Reuters
      4
      Iraq's infrastructure is dilapidated after decades of war, sanctions and economic decline.
      Reuters
      5
      The cowyards in many districts were formerly in a very dilapidated condition.
      Hodge and His Masters
      6
      A small, dilapidated structure, attached to the main part, caught her attention.
      The spurned viscountess
      7
      Tens of thousands of people are packed together in these dilapidated buildings.
      The new yorker
      8
      Inside the dilapidated shell, the boathouse was chiefly water and open space.
      Shadowland
      9
      The cottages of the poor tenants were in a sadly dilapidated state.
      In the Eastern Seas
      10
      Are some of the natural resources of this dilapidated and poverty-stricken country.
      The Slave Trade, Domestic and Foreign / Why It Exists, and How I...
      11
      One drawback of the situation was the dilapidated state of the house.
      Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary
      12
      They approach what at first looks like a dilapidated group of buildings.
      Angelfall
      13
      In a small dilapidated dwelling on the bleak sands, the dead lay.
      Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter
      14
      Everything in and around it was dirty and more or less dilapidated.
      The Settler and the Savage
      15
      But many are dilapidated, and renovation often requires transforming them beyond recognition.
      Wired
      16
      Ben did and saw a dilapidated version of himself, but himself nevertheless.
      The Black Unicorn
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