as in disrepair
formal
the state of being old and in bad condition or poor health
The house has fallen into decrepitude. She was saddened by the decrepitude of many of the nursing home residents.
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Recent Examples of decrepitude
In playing the character later on, was there a sort of reverse-engineering of his decrepitude?
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Todd Gilchrist,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2025
The clinics’ decrepitude was regularly mentioned in health ministry meetings.
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Mara Kardas-Nelson,
The Dial,
8 Apr. 2025
Half a century later Mikhailov repurposed those methods to thumb his nose at the decrepitude and deceit of a sclerotic regime.
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Max Norman,
The New York Review of Books,
22 Feb. 2025
If that’s not enough for perennial contention, then the rest of the AFC East’s decrepitude will keep that window wide open.
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Tim Graham,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for decrepitude
Todd Gilchrist,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2025
The clinics’ decrepitude was regularly mentioned in health ministry meetings.
—
Mara Kardas-Nelson,
The Dial,
8 Apr. 2025
Half a century later Mikhailov repurposed those methods to thumb his nose at the decrepitude and deceit of a sclerotic regime.
—
Max Norman,
The New York Review of Books,
22 Feb. 2025
If that’s not enough for perennial contention, then the rest of the AFC East’s decrepitude will keep that window wide open.
—
Tim Graham,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for decrepitude
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decrepitude
Noun
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It was originally built as a private cabin resembling a ship in the 1970s but had fallen into disrepair, which led her to christen the property the Shipwreck.
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Detroit neighborhoods emptied out and fell into disrepair.
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At age 11, my favorite Broadway show was Follies – a classic preteen tale about the decay of female beauty and fading fame within an unscrupulous industry of vaudeville and burlesque.
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Their fix is to let the same model that does the reasoning also curate the knowledge, stored as human-readable notes and organized hierarchically with provenance and a lifecycle so stale plays decay rather than calcify.
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As Kasubhai observed, despite its legal feebleness, Kennedy’s declaration and its explicit threat has had a concrete impact on the provision of gender-affirming services to American youths.
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Signs of disease include warts on legs, crusty or swollen eyes, feebleness, a ruffled appearance, difficulty breathing, nasal discharge, and diarrhea.
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And, when pets suffered from cancer or heart failure or debility, conversations about what to do next were emotional but often straightforward.
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His trajectory is one of softening, from the swaggering knight of the opening to the irrepressible lover of the second act to his final physical debility.
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“Decrepitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decrepitude. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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