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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Translations

having fallen into a state of disrepair

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• 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) m, destartalado (es)
• Swedish: nedgången (sv), förfallen (sv), fallfärdig (sv)
• Ukrainian: напівзруйно́ваний (napivzrujnóvanyj)