Definitions for dilapidated

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dilapidated di·lap·i·dat·ed

Spelling: [dih-lap-i-dey-tid]

IPA: /dɪˈlæp ɪˌdeɪ tɪd/

Dilapidated is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 334 anagrams from letters in dilapidated (aadddeiilpt).

Definitions for dilapidated

adjective

1. reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect.

verb (used with object)

1. to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively):
2. Archaic. to squander; waste.

verb (used without object)

1. to fall into ruin or decay.

Origin of dilapidated

First recorded in 1800-10; dilapidate + -ed²

Examples for dilapidated

The building was dilapidated; the neighborhood sketchy; the floor dusty.

In the morning a dilapidated iron oil-cask was found in its place.

He was fatigued and dilapidated, but he had not caught Donald.

In Thebes, in Palmyra, his will and mind have become old and dilapidated as they.

That was a big reference point for us—a dilapidated old house, living in it and being bohemian.

His dress suit of former days he had found much too dilapidated for use.

The building used to be an all-girls school, and when it was initially purchased by Fortune it was dilapidated.

We drove for what felt like forever to a sort of dilapidated commercial part of Istanbul on the Asian side of the city.

Here, in a dilapidated room, Saleem recounts the November blast.

It was a big, old-fashioned dwelling, gambrel-roofed and brown and dilapidated.