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Dilapidated

adjective

In deplorable condition. Synonyms: bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down. "A broken-down fence" , "A ramshackle old pier" , "A tumble-down shack"

Dilapidate

verb

(past & past part. dilapidated; pres. part. dilapidating)

Bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse.

Fall into decay or ruin. Synonyms: crumble, decay.

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"Dilapidated" Quotes from Famous Books

... gossip's narrative, it came out that that night the banker had been using the kitchen fire for the destruction of an accumulation of bank-notes, the common currency of Scotland, which had been judged altogether too dirty, or too much dilapidated, to be reissued. The knowledge of this fact was the slam of the closing door, whereby Annie found her soul shut out to wander in a night of dismay. The woman who told the fact saw nothing of consequence in it; Mrs. Melville, to whom she was telling it, saw nothing but perhaps ...

— Far Above Rubies • George MacDonald

... bleeding nose. The unhappy beast slunk back between the legs of his preserver and followed him out of the room, as Lu, with an expression of maternal despair, bore him away for the correction of his dilapidated raiment and depraved associations. I felt such sincere pride in this young Mazzini of the dog-nation that I was vexed at Lu for bestowing on him reproof instead of congratulation; but she was not the only conservative who fails to see a good cause and a heroic heart under a bloody nose and torn ...

— A Brace Of Boys - 1867, From "Little Brother" • Fitz Hugh Ludlow

... 1551, as some workmen in the neighbourhood of Rome were employed in clearing away the ruins of a dilapidated chapel, they found a broken mass of sculptured marble among the rubbish. The fragments, when put together, proved to be a statue representing a person of venerable aspect sitting in a chair, on the back of ...

— The Ancient Church - Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution • W.D. [William Dool] Killen

... ostentatiously spread it out on a chair in front of the fire. I lay still and said nothing, though I saw that she still clung to the idea of getting me out of bed. Then she rang the bell and made the red-haired girl bring a dilapidated armchair into the room. She pummelled its cushions with her fists for some time and then put a pillow on it. This showed me that she fully expected to succeed in making me sit up. I was perfectly determined to stay where I was. I pretended ...

— Lalage's Lovers - 1911 • George A. Birmingham

... doubt, serious," the Resident said; "and the town is certainly in no position for defence. The walls are in a most dilapidated condition, and would crumble after a few hours' cannonade. Colonel Burns's force is wholly inadequate to defend a city of some ten miles in circumference. The irregular troops cannot be relied upon, in case of need. However, we ...

— At the Point of the Bayonet - A Tale of the Mahratta War • G. A. Henty

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