as in dilapidated
showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect
lived alone on a tumbledown farm that had seen better days
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Recent Examples of tumbledown
Its setting is a tumbledown farm in Kentucky in 1910, the home of the soft-spoken, musically minded Lionel Worthing (Mescal), who has grown up obsessed with regional folk music.
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Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
22 May 2025
Just a couple minutes off Interstate 10 near Dragoon is the tumbledown terrain of Texas Canyon, where a network of easy trails has opened.
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Jill Cassidy,
AZCentral.com,
13 Mar. 2025
All except a few dozen hardy souls who formed the historical society and began patching the scars of this tumbledown town.
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Roger Naylor,
The Arizona Republic,
22 Mar. 2024
The project is in a tumbledown section of Oildale, situated between an optical lens store and aquatic pet shop.
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Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2024
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Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
22 May 2025
Just a couple minutes off Interstate 10 near Dragoon is the tumbledown terrain of Texas Canyon, where a network of easy trails has opened.
—
Jill Cassidy,
AZCentral.com,
13 Mar. 2025
All except a few dozen hardy souls who formed the historical society and began patching the scars of this tumbledown town.
—
Roger Naylor,
The Arizona Republic,
22 Mar. 2024
The project is in a tumbledown section of Oildale, situated between an optical lens store and aquatic pet shop.
—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2024
See All Example Sentences for tumbledown
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tumbledown
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The Reflecting Pool has been a pet project of the president, who, before renovations got underway this spring, characterized it as dilapidated and dirty and said previous presidents had neglected it.
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Unable to pay rent, the boys moved several hours away to the small, dilapidated house with the leaky roof where rent is minimal.
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Underdog startups and neglected divisions tell similar stories.
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Cinematographer Guillermo Garza shoots neglected settings like fine art, embracing the grime.
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“Tumbledown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tumbledown. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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