dilapidate
verb
di·lap·i·date
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dilapidated;
dilapidating
Definition of dilapidate
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: to bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin
furniture is dilapidated by use— Janet Flanner
: to decay, deteriorate, or fall into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse : to become dilapidated
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Other Words from dilapidate
dilapidation
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noun
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noun
Examples of dilapidate in a Sentence
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Though the house was dilapidated, Goodman coaxed her kids into helping her spruce it up. — Brian Goldstone, The New Republic, "The New American Homeless," 21 Aug. 2019 Prepa’s generation plants and distribution lines were dilapidated after years of inadequate maintenance when Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico last year, knocking out power for millions of customers. — Andrew Scurria, WSJ, "Puerto Rico Power Utility CEO Resigns After Less Than Four Months on Job," 11 July 2018 This week, England ended their infamous penalty kick shootout jinx, Sweden continued their unlikely run, Belgium survived a thriller and Brazil dilapidated Mexico’s dreams. — Juan Pimiento, chicagotribune.com, "England end their jinx, Sweden survive and the best of the World Cup week," 5 July 2018 It was riddled with vacancies and by all accounts was dilapidated. — Meg Kelly, Washington Post, "The tall tale of President Trump’s Cincinnati ‘success’," 28 Feb. 2018 Rossello highlighted how the island’s electrical grid, which was severely dilapidated even prior to the storms, was obsolete and working off of a generation system that was 28 years older than the average electric power utility in the United States. — Reuters, Fortune, "Puerto Rico Plans to Privatize Its Devastated Power Utility," 23 Jan. 2018 One of Poway’s most historic structures — one that has become rat-infested and dilapidated since being shuttered and fenced off 15 years ago — will likely be torn down to make way for a low-income housing complex for veterans. — J. Harry Jones, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Long abandoned Big Stone Lodge in Poway could soon be torn down," 6 Jan. 2018 Much of their housing supply may be dilapidated, but that might not be a big problem for Amazon. — Joseph N. Distefano, Philly.com, "How an Amazon HQ might change how Philly operates," 15 Sep. 2017 The brick houses are dilapidated, abandoned, overgrown. — Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post, "Three years after Ferguson, the same old concerns rise in St. Louis protests," 24 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dilapidate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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