Dilapidated
adjective
Something very old, broken, and not cared for.
The old house was dilapidated and unfit for living.
Often appears as...
- dilapidated house
- dilapidated building
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Disapproving
adjective
Something very old, broken, and not cared for.
The old house was dilapidated and unfit for living.
Often appears as...
- dilapidated house
- dilapidated building
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Neglect Implication
Implies lack of care or maintenance over a long period.
The dilapidated school had not seen repairs in decades.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Description
Used to describe visible signs of decay and wear.
Paint peeled from the dilapidated fence surrounding the property.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Tone
Can evoke feelings of sadness or a sense of forgotten history.
The dilapidated mansion whispered tales of its former grandeur.
Pro Tip 1/3Neglect Implication
Implies lack of care or maintenance over a long period.
The dilapidated school had not seen repairs in decades.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Description
Used to describe visible signs of decay and wear.
Paint peeled from the dilapidated fence surrounding the property.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Tone
Can evoke feelings of sadness or a sense of forgotten history.
The dilapidated mansion whispered tales of its former grandeur.
Pro Tip 1/3Neglect Implication
Implies lack of care or maintenance over a long period.
The dilapidated school had not seen repairs in decades.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Description
Used to describe visible signs of decay and wear.
Paint peeled from the dilapidated fence surrounding the property.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Tone
Can evoke feelings of sadness or a sense of forgotten history.
The dilapidated mansion whispered tales of its former grandeur.
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How to design a library...
Because, they said, the premise of all this work was that kids were bored with old libraries, musty old libraries. They were tired of them. And instead, they said, these kids have never really seen a library. The school libraries in these schools are really so dilapidated, if they're there at all,
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Irma L. Olguin Jr.: How...
homes in those communities that are being built or bought by the people who are actually going to live in them; dilapidated buildings that once stood empty now full of energized underdogs sipping coffee and writing code and, most importantly, bringing with them the next generation of human
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Why should you read...
But the impact of carrying out this unthinkable act proves to be more than he was prepared for. Though the novel is sometimes cited as one of the first psychological thrillers, its scope reaches far beyond Raskolnikov’s inner turmoil. From dank taverns to dilapidated apartments
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Eric Liu: Why ordinary...
Think about a problem in the common life of your city. It can be something small, like where a street lamp should go, or something medium like which library should have its hours extended or cut, or maybe something bigger, like whether a dilapidated waterfront should be
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Dambisa Moyo: Is China...
you find that dilapidated infrastructure and logistics continue to be a stumbling block to the delivery of medicine and healthcare in the rural areas. However, through a network of state-owned enterprises, the Chinese have been able to go into these rural areas,
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Journey Inside...
them to feel sorrow for the people in a subject matter that happened in general and that's not what I'm aiming for I'm actually aiming for the opposite so I want them to find the beauty in the apocalypse I want them to find the beauty in the dilapidated and the
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A scientific approach to...
It was this guest house, it had kind of been dilapidated, not taken care of for a long time. And one night, I was sitting there and I got this really spooky feeling, kind of the feeling like you're being watched. But no one was there except my two dogs,
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Africa is a sleeping...
I insult them for insulting our intelligence. And it's because we are tired of the hypocrisy and false promises. For example, the Nigerian president vowed to end medical tourism by fixing our dilapidated hospitals
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What the Discovery of...
dilapidated homes no one has put any dollars to open up a store that's why the hope is gone there's been economic tragedies there's been environmental tragedies horrific extent but their folks who are holding on
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Paving the way towards...
the most underdeveloped infrastructure in the whole world and we also know that roads bad roads dilapidated railways congested inefficient ports dangerous airports don't make for great connections or
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How to design a library...
Because, they said, the premise of all this work was that kids were bored with old libraries, musty old libraries. They were tired of them. And instead, they said, these kids have never really seen a library. The school libraries in these schools are really so dilapidated, if they're there at all,
Video examples
Irma L. Olguin Jr.: How...
homes in those communities that are being built or bought by the people who are actually going to live in them; dilapidated buildings that once stood empty now full of energized underdogs sipping coffee and writing code and, most importantly, bringing with them the next generation of human
Video examples
Why should you read...
But the impact of carrying out this unthinkable act proves to be more than he was prepared for. Though the novel is sometimes cited as one of the first psychological thrillers, its scope reaches far beyond Raskolnikov’s inner turmoil. From dank taverns to dilapidated apartments
Video examples
Eric Liu: Why ordinary...
Think about a problem in the common life of your city. It can be something small, like where a street lamp should go, or something medium like which library should have its hours extended or cut, or maybe something bigger, like whether a dilapidated waterfront should be
Video examples
Dambisa Moyo: Is China...
you find that dilapidated infrastructure and logistics continue to be a stumbling block to the delivery of medicine and healthcare in the rural areas. However, through a network of state-owned enterprises, the Chinese have been able to go into these rural areas,
Video examples
Journey Inside...
them to feel sorrow for the people in a subject matter that happened in general and that's not what I'm aiming for I'm actually aiming for the opposite so I want them to find the beauty in the apocalypse I want them to find the beauty in the dilapidated and the
Video examples
A scientific approach to...
It was this guest house, it had kind of been dilapidated, not taken care of for a long time. And one night, I was sitting there and I got this really spooky feeling, kind of the feeling like you're being watched. But no one was there except my two dogs,
Video examples
Africa is a sleeping...
I insult them for insulting our intelligence. And it's because we are tired of the hypocrisy and false promises. For example, the Nigerian president vowed to end medical tourism by fixing our dilapidated hospitals
Video examples
What the Discovery of...
dilapidated homes no one has put any dollars to open up a store that's why the hope is gone there's been economic tragedies there's been environmental tragedies horrific extent but their folks who are holding on
Video examples
Paving the way towards...
the most underdeveloped infrastructure in the whole world and we also know that roads bad roads dilapidated railways congested inefficient ports dangerous airports don't make for great connections or
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Paul Hollywood
English Chef
Naples is curiously chaotic and, if I'm honest, a bit dilapidated. It certainly has a 'lived-in' look. It's alive, it's vibrant, it's a little bit dirty, it's busy, and I loved it. I felt like this was how Rome would probably have been 2,000 years ago. There's a real bustle, and it's down and dirty.
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Michael Moore
American Activist
Ask anyone on Social Security if their check comes on time every month. Like clockwork. And it comes through the so-called dilapidated U.S. mail. My dad's check literally will come on the same day every month. The government has been quite good and efficient at creating a number of systems.
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Malik Yoba
American Actor
I used to walk in the burnt up Harlem of the '80s, and I'd look at brownstones that were dilapidated or apartment buildings, thinking 'Whoever designed this and built this did not want it to look like this.' So, I used to visualize one day being able to contribute and build in Harlem.
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Ian Gillan
English Musician
In the early Seventies, I bought a dilapidated hotel in north Stoke for about £100,000 and spent the same amount again renovating it, putting in a guitar-shaped swimming pool, painting the bathrooms purple, and installing gold dolphin taps.
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Ravi Babu
I found an old dilapidated house in Banjara Hills which the owners were demolishing, and requested them to give it to me for filming, which they obliged. We worked nearly four months on that building to make it look the way we wanted.
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Robert Eggers
American Director
Without sounding like a New Age crystal worshipper, you can feel something there, in these old dilapidated colonial farms and hidden graveyards in the middle of a pine forest. I certainly did as a kid.
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Paul Hollywood
English Chef
Naples is curiously chaotic and, if I'm honest, a bit dilapidated. It certainly has a 'lived-in' look. It's alive, it's vibrant, it's a little bit dirty, it's busy, and I loved it. I felt like this was how Rome would probably have been 2,000 years ago. There's a real bustle, and it's down and dirty.
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Michael Moore
American Activist
Ask anyone on Social Security if their check comes on time every month. Like clockwork. And it comes through the so-called dilapidated U.S. mail. My dad's check literally will come on the same day every month. The government has been quite good and efficient at creating a number of systems.
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Malik Yoba
American Actor
I used to walk in the burnt up Harlem of the '80s, and I'd look at brownstones that were dilapidated or apartment buildings, thinking 'Whoever designed this and built this did not want it to look like this.' So, I used to visualize one day being able to contribute and build in Harlem.
Quote examples
Ian Gillan
English Musician
In the early Seventies, I bought a dilapidated hotel in north Stoke for about £100,000 and spent the same amount again renovating it, putting in a guitar-shaped swimming pool, painting the bathrooms purple, and installing gold dolphin taps.
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Ravi Babu
I found an old dilapidated house in Banjara Hills which the owners were demolishing, and requested them to give it to me for filming, which they obliged. We worked nearly four months on that building to make it look the way we wanted.
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Robert Eggers
American Director
Without sounding like a New Age crystal worshipper, you can feel something there, in these old dilapidated colonial farms and hidden graveyards in the middle of a pine forest. I certainly did as a kid.
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