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
Angela George, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
Just in front sit a few dilapidated rows of seats, a good number vandalised and all doing battle with the weeds gradually creeping through the concrete steps.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
This small apartment on the eastern edge of Paris was so dilapidated that not long after moving in, its owner turned around and moved out.
—Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 10 Dec. 2024
Ford invested $740 million into renovating the depot and transforming several other sites in the immediate Corktown district so that now the dilapidated train station is the centerpiece of a new campus devoted to future mobility technology that draws in thousands of visitors.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec. 2024
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By then, mice and cats had beat him to it, nesting into the corners of the Nora Store and in its dilapidated kitchen.
—Angela George, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
Just in front sit a few dilapidated rows of seats, a good number vandalised and all doing battle with the weeds gradually creeping through the concrete steps.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
This small apartment on the eastern edge of Paris was so dilapidated that not long after moving in, its owner turned around and moved out.
—Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 10 Dec. 2024
Ford invested $740 million into renovating the depot and transforming several other sites in the immediate Corktown district so that now the dilapidated train station is the centerpiece of a new campus devoted to future mobility technology that draws in thousands of visitors.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dilapidated
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Lawmakers also met to better understand the difficulties counties face in finding temporary placements for neglected and special needs children.Christina Lengyel | The Center Square contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Dec. 2024
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In the century that followed, amputation remained a neglected area of medicine.Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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When the tile degraded, the gaps were filled in with livestock bones.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2024
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That’s good news, considering phosphorous pollution has degraded water quality in the Everglades for decades and remains a challenge.Rebecca Blackwell, Sun Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
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A day later his car was found abandoned but undamaged in a parking lot near Congaree National Park about 20 miles southeast of Columbia.Greg Evans, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2025
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According to the nonprofit, Kristin Davis found the abandoned and weak elephant calf while on a trip near Kenya's Chyulu Hills.Kelli Bender, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
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Breed: Pit bull mix Age: 1 year Buddy’s story: Buddy was found on the side of a desolate highway in the mountains.Maryanne Dell, Orange County Register, 28 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement After Japan’s 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, paving the way for the imprisonment of 120,000 people of Japanese descent — two-thirds of whom were American citizens — in desolate detention camps.Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Here’s a player who never takes his foot off the gas, who can make life miserable for the opposition in front of the net and in the corners, and who fills the net to boot.Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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Yet their return to the longer format in the second half of 2024 was almost unremittingly miserable.Tim Ellis, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Footage shown on local and national TV news showed a tattered segment of the pier floating on the swell with at least one person walking across the debris.Tom Tapp, Deadline, 23 Dec. 2024
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McArdle looked down and felt a surge of sadness: The man was sleeping on several layers of cardboard, his head resting on a backpack, a tattered book slipped beneath it.Greg Borowski, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
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The coins were apparently stored in a leather pouch, which had disintegrated over time, and concealed within or behind a kitchen wall, according to the Jerusalem Post.Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 4 Jan. 2025
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Roberto Mancini did make up with Carlos Tevez (or, at least, was willing to tolerate him) after their relationship at Manchester City appeared to have disintegrated.Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
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The Matterhorn and Mont Blanc are not too shabby either.Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Few disputed the decision, but the handling of Fonseca’s exit was shabby.James Horncastle, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Dilapidated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dilapidated. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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