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Dilapidated

  1. verb

    bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse

    Similar: dilapidate

  2. verb

    fall into decay or ruin

    “The unoccupied house started to decay”

    Similar: decay, crumble, dilapidate

  3. adjective

    in deplorable condition

    “a street of bedraggled tenements”

    Similar: bedraggled, derelict, ramshackle, tatterdemalion

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