Dilapidated meaning

Adjective: dilapidated

Pronunciation: (di’la-pi,dey-tid)

Dilapidated meaning: In deplorable condition. In simple words, in a very bad condition because of prolonged use or lack of care

Synonyms: decrepit, bedraggled, derelict, ramshackle, tatterdemalion

Verb: dilapidate

Pronunciation: (di’la-pi,deyt)

Dilapidate meaning:

• Bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse
• Fall into decay or ruin

Synonyms: decay, crumble

Quotations: Bobby Turner – This sale demonstrates that state place and the surrounding community are thriving. As investors in urban areas, we look for exactly this type of opportunity to turn a dilapidated building into a high quality mixed use development that transforms the neighborhood.

Lisa Wathne – It looks like a dilapidated roadside zoo. The animals have no enrichment of any kind. They are deprived of everything that’s natural to them.

George Bambalis – A lot of people wouldn’t venture in. Obviously you’ve got a building that at first glance appeared to be old and dilapidated, and that kind of made people feel uncomfortable.

Mark Shapiro – Boston is positioned extremely well for the future. They have a good farm system with upper level players and a depth of pitching talent. They’ve rebuilt the farm system from a dilapidated system to a productive one. If they take a small step backward this year, at some point they will go on a run that will be an impressive run. They’re a short period away.

Michael Snodgrass – These areas will be great when they are completed. They were run down and had dilapidated houses. Through Brownback’s partnership and ability to raise money, it’s totally revitalized the neighborhood. It’s a different scene night and day from what it originally was.

Randy Walker – When we bought it, there was no recognizable standard in place for utilities, the runway and for many of the buildings. Anytime you go from old dilapidated and crummy to new, it’s going to cost something. We’ve given tenants at the airport the opportunity to lease something new.

Sample sentences:

1. Dilapidated housing is a huge concern.
2. We have visited a street of dilapidated tenements.
3. All of our childhood it sat vacant and dilapidated, so we want to stop in and see what it is.
4. I underestimated the dilapidated, horrific conditions our city was in. My biggest failure was not communicating. We have a long way to go, but we’ve come a mighty long way.
5. It was knocked down because it was sorely dilapidated.
6. That sort of development never pays for itself. There’s plenty of vacant land and dilapidated buildings in town that they should be working on.
7. The first tramcars rattled noisily through the empty streets, dilapidated monsters that just hours later would be festooned with people on their way to work.
8. There are some good areas. Not all of it is dilapidated.
9. I still use a dilapidated car and I am not ashamed of using it. I love it because that is my first car.
10. I hope we realize that the people of this area weren’t just abandoned during the hurricane. They were abandoned long ago to murder and mayhem in the streets, to substandard schools, to dilapidated housing, to inadequate health care, to a pervasive sense of hopelessness.