dilapidated

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adj.

Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, as through neglect; broken-down and shabby.

dilapidated [dɪˈlæpɪˌdeɪtɪd]

adj

falling to pieces or in a state of disrepair; shabby

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Adj.

dilapidated - in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack"

broken-down, ramshackle, tumble-down, bedraggled, tatterdemalion, derelict

damaged - harmed or injured or spoiled; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings"

dilapidated

adjective ruined, fallen in, broken-down, battered, neglected, crumbling, run-down, decayed, decaying, falling apart, beat-up (informal), shaky, shabby, worn-out, ramshackle, in ruins, rickety, decrepit, tumbledown, uncared for, gone to rack and ruin She lived in a dilapidated old cottage.

Translations

dilapidated [dɪˈlæpɪdeɪtɪd] ADJ [building] → desmoronado, ruinoso; [vehicle] → desvencijado

dilapidated [dɪˈlæpɪdeɪtɪd] adj [building] → délabré(e)

dilapidated

adj building → verfallen, heruntergekommen, baufällig; book, clothes → schäbig

dilapidated [dɪˈlæpɪˌdeɪtɪd] adj (building) → in pessime condizioni, cadente; (vehicle) → sgangherato/a, scassato/a

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bedraggled
broken-down
chorrie
decrepit
Deliquate
derelict
dilapidate
eat at
gnaw at
jalopy
moth-eaten
raddled
ramshackle
rattrap
rickle
ruined
ruinous
run-down
rust bucket

Belated, and not innocently, one bitter winter's midnight, on the road running between two country towns, the blacksmith half-stupidly felt the deadly numbness stealing over him, and sought refuge in a leaning, dilapidated barn.

Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context

Grottos, cleverly managed, and massive terraces with dilapidated steps and rusty railings, gave a peculiar character to this lone retreat.

Adieu by de Balzac, Honore View in context

As the light looked so dim, and the place, for the time, looked quiet enough, and the dilapidated little wooden house itself looked as if it might have been carted here from the ruins of some burnt district, and as the swinging sign had a poverty-stricken sort of creak to it, I thought that here was the very spot for cheap lodgings, and the best of pea coffee.

Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context

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