dilapidated

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verb

past tense of dilapidate

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Recent Examples of dilapidated
Verb
Next to a dormant pumpkin farm, the factory, which had once made tubing for hoses, had burned in the nineties; all that remained were four dilapidated and grafittied walls. Megan Cummins august 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025 The demolition of the jail this year opened the door to redeveloping the dilapidated building. Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 29 July 2025 An overgrown woodland, a military fortress, 15 dilapidated hospital buildings and a rather large colony of rabbits are all that remain on the island, the group says. Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 25 July 2025 From iconic buildings being saved to companies opening new interactive experiences for guests, the repurposing of old warehouses and dilapidated properties has allowed for growth in Louisville's urban areas. Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for dilapidated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dilapidated
Adjective
  • 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
  • Close the Loop Following through on commitments is the simplest and yet shockingly most neglected way to earn long-term trust.
    Serenity Gibbons, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Verb
  • One manager, in particular, repeatedly degraded the workers, calling them racial slurs and making comments about their work ethic, the lawsuit said.
    Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
  • If global warming is uncontrolled, 90% of all coral reefs in the world will be functionally degraded by 2050.
    Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • The team had a group task to accomplish, yes, but at every checkpoint, people had to make the decision to be selfish or selfless, and the selfish ones got rewarded while the selfless were left abandoned and miserable on the loch.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Exploring Indonesia—an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands—over a decade has led me to some truly jaw-dropping beaches, some gloriously desolate, others vibrantly alive with international travelers, expats, and locals.
    Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Meanwhile, two days before the double murder, a 21-year-old man was shot and wounded around 3:30 a.m. on the same desolate block, which is about a mile and a half from where Sanchez was killed, cops said.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 2 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • With exciting ex-Washington State QB Mateer and his former OC, Ben Arbuckle, last year’s miserable offense should be light-years better.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The life of a corporate whistleblower is a miserable one.
    Scott Phillips, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Regional sports networks, once a gusher for programmers and operators, have been in a tattered financial state due to cord-cutting.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2025
  • On a visit to another small Ok. town, Cox spied a tattered awning that said Country Bird, which was the perfect name for her bakery.
    Gary Stern, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • The second phase was meant to pave the way to an end to the war, although the truce disintegrated when Israeli forces resumed airstrikes on Gaza.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The premier Copley Cup — which for decades drew the nation’s elite men’s varsity eights for an early-season east/west showdown – has disintegrated into an alumni race.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But so far, things don’t look too shabby for the US labor market.
    Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
  • In South Beach’s tranquil Palm View neighborhood, a once-stylish house gone shabby offers a case study in a complicated conflict facing many South Florida communities threatened by rising seas, tides and storm surge.
    Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 25 July 2025

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“Dilapidated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dilapidated. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.

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