dilapidated

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈlæpɪdeɪtəd/

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Verb

dilapidated

1. simple past and past participle of dilapidate

Adjective

dilapidated (comparative more dilapidated, superlative most dilapidated)

1. Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, especially through neglect.
   • 1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XIII, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, pages 271–272:

     Their stately offices—their pleasant gardens—the magnificent cloisters constructed for their recreation, were all dilapidated and ruinous; […]

   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 6:

     It was a strange scene, the contrasts which met in that large but dilapidated chamber. It had been the banqueting-hall in the ancient palace of the La Franchi, but the revelry and the splendour had long since passed away.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

• dilapidatedly
• dilapidatedness
• semidilapidated
• undilapidated

Translations

having fallen into a state of disrepair

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: разнебитен (bg) (raznebiten) Chinese: Mandarin: 破舊的 / 破旧的 (zh) (pòjiù de), 破敗的 / 破败的 (zh) (pòbài de), 毀壞的 / 毁坏的 (zh) (huǐhuài de) Czech: zchátralý, zpustlý Danish: forfalden, forsømt, medtaget (da), faldefærdig (da) Dutch: verloederd (nl), verwaarloosd (nl), vervallen (nl) Esperanto: kaduka Faroese: forfallin Finnish: rapistunut, ränsistynyt French: caduc (fr), délabré (fr), infirme (fr), vieux (fr) Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: verfallen (de), baufällig (de), heruntergekommen (de) Greek: ρημαγμένος (el) (rimagménos), ερειπωμένος (el) (ereipoménos) Irish: ainriochtach Italian: pericolante (it), degradato (it), cadente (it) m Limburgish: keduuk (li) Norwegian: Bokmål: forfallen, falleferdig Nynorsk: forfallen, falleferdig Persian: خرابه (fa) (xarâbe) Portuguese: dilapidado (pt) Romanian: dărăpănat (ro) m Russian: полуразру́шенный (ru) (polurazrúšennyj), полуразвали́вшийся (ru) (polurazvalívšijsja) Spanish: derruido (es), destartalado (es), dilapidado (es), ruinoso (es), desvencijado (es) Swedish: nedgången (sv), förfallen (sv), fallfärdig (sv) Ukrainian: напівзруйно́ваний (napivzrujnóvanyj)