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Adjective(1) in deplorable condition(2) falling apart; in ruins

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(1) Over-crowded, run down and dilapidated school buildings must be tackled immediately.(2) He stared at the dilapidated office building, wondering how many people were inside.(3) With a view to helping the environment, the couple bought a mountainside property in west Cork with a dilapidated cottage and a barn attached.(4) The circle found that this family of four was living in a dilapidated hut with virtually no means for food and medicines.(5) This will fund the restoration work and the construction of a community meeting room, which will replace the dilapidated church hall.(6) If it goes ahead, it will allow the council to dispose of several dilapidated office buildings around the city.(7) On the area of the croft land, there is also a further dilapidated farm building which could have the potential for residential conversion.(8) The complex has been neglected and has become a dilapidated landmark in the city.(9) The number of empty dilapidated shops in the depressing Bradford city centre are witness to the existing problems of traders.(10) The dilapidated restaurant was wedged in between two larger buildings, and the entrance was in the narrow alley on the left.(11) Several of the children living in the dilapidated facility had psychological problems, officials said.(12) The award of lottery and European cash marks the end of a five-year campaign to replace dilapidated facilities in Scotchman Road.(13) As a result, the siheyuans became compounds occupied by many households, and the number of dilapidated houses increased.(14) Way back when I was ten, my brother and I used to play in a dilapidated shed on the edge of the Gloucester-shire town where I was brought up.(15) Today only about five Gardau00d4u00f6u00a3u252cu00ed work out of the portable cabins behind the dilapidated station which closes at night.(16) Besides, the building is in a dilapidated condition and maintenance work has not been carried out for years.
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(1) dilapidate
Synonyms
Adjective
1. run-down
2. tumbledown
3. ramshackle
4. broken-down
5. in disrepair
6. shabby
7. battered
8. beat-up
9. rickety
10. shaky
11. unsound
13. in ruins
17. decrepit
18. neglected
19. uncared-for
20. untended
21. the worse for wear
22. falling to pieces
23. falling apart
24. gone to rack and ruin
25. gone to seed


Verb
26. decay
27. crumble


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