as in neglected
showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect
a dilapidated car that had seen better days
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Recent Examples of dilapidated
Eliana Dockterman, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
Earlier this year, French newspaper Le Parisien reported on a confidential letter sent from the president of the Louvre, Laurence des Cars, to Culture Minister Rachida Dati warning of the dilapidated state of one of Europe’s top attractions.
—Caitlin Danaher, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
The Gein farmhouse was a dilapidated house of horrors.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
The demolition of the former dilapidated Northridge Mall, which began last year, is finished.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
The Duffers’ monitors are set up inside a dilapidated Radio Shack, presumably the same one that Bob (Sean Astin) worked at in Season 2.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
Earlier this year, French newspaper Le Parisien reported on a confidential letter sent from the president of the Louvre, Laurence des Cars, to Culture Minister Rachida Dati warning of the dilapidated state of one of Europe’s top attractions.
—Caitlin Danaher, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
The Gein farmhouse was a dilapidated house of horrors.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
The demolition of the former dilapidated Northridge Mall, which began last year, is finished.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dilapidated
Adjective
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Those plans were later abandoned during the pandemic and the house joined Denver’s neglected and derelict building list in 2024.—
Justin Wingerter,
Denver Post,
8 Oct. 2025
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Same premise as the exterior, but even more important: Don’t buy a car with a neglected interior.—
Jimmy Camp,
Oc Register,
4 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Ancient samples, degraded over centuries, often contain fragments too small for PCR to amplify.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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In their world, which is also ours, selfhood has degraded into taste, preferences, demography, and outlays of attention and money.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Thousands of abandoned and derelict vessels around the US pose environmental and navigational challenges.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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The 33 towns being considered for this project, which are expected to meet final approval in the coming weeks, are all on the brink of extinction with the number of empty and abandoned houses outnumbering those that are inhabited.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The first was that the obstacles were decomposed into cuboids.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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Rivas’ cause and manner of death are still being determined by the medical examiner; the exam is taking longer than usual as the remains were severely decomposed.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Bir Tawil, for instance — a desolate parcel of desert on the Egyptian-Sudanese border.—
Richard Collett,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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To find the killer, Sherlock Holmes and Watson will have to brave desolate moors before a family curse dooms the newest heirs.—
Meredith G. White,
AZCentral.com,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Zoning is not meant to be some sort of punishing thing meant to make a city miserable.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
5 Nov. 2025
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But George appeared in just 41 games due to injury, while Embiid played in just 19 games, and the Sixers sagged to a miserable 24-58 finish.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Some people think today’s pro athletes are too wealthy to be corrupted.—
Danny Funt,
New Yorker,
28 Oct. 2025
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Files were easily lost or corrupted.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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By the end of the summer my catalogs were tattered and worn.—
Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Oct. 2025
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The archangel of trendy-casual walkaroundfits (new word, please spread around) just stepped out in hip-hugging bootcut jeans, a loose and intentionally tattered white T-shirt, a gold pendant necklace, and dark sunglasses, an easy all-American look for a morning on the go.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Dilapidated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dilapidated. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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