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Grammar : Adj

Spell : dih-lap-i-dey-tid

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈlæp ɪˌdeɪ tɪd

Definition of dilapidated

Origin : "in ruins, broken down," 1806, past participle adjective from dilapidate.

adj falling apart; in ruins

Example sentences :

He was fatigued and dilapidated, but he had not caught Donald.
Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous

In the morning a dilapidated iron oil-cask was found in its place.
Extract from : « The Einstein See-Saw » by Miles John Breuer

In Thebes, in Palmyra, his will and mind have become old and dilapidated as they.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

It was a big, old-fashioned dwelling, gambrel-roofed and brown and dilapidated.
Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln

His dress suit of former days he had found much too dilapidated for use.
Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

And he began to call his brothers before he was inside the dilapidated dwelling.
Extract from : « An Outcast of the Islands » by Joseph Conrad

The slats of the shutter of our office-window are in a dilapidated condition.
Extract from : « The New Pun Book » by Thomas A. Brown and Thomas Joseph Carey

It was resolved therefore to burn the most dilapidated one—the Concepcion.
Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman

Above the landing were three unpainted and dilapidated cabins.
Extract from : « Left on the Labrador » by Dillon Wallace

The town is a dilapidated old concern, as ugly as Huntsville is handsome.
Extract from : « The Citizen-Soldier » by John Beatty

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