Synonyms for dilapidated
dɪˈlæp ɪˌdeɪ tɪddi·lap·i·dat·ed

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1. bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-downadjective

   in deplorable condition

   "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack"

   Synonyms:
   tatterdemalion, abandoned, bedraggled, woebegone, tumble-down, remiss, run-down, delinquent, tattered, creaky, ramshackle, deserted, decrepit, derelict, broken-down, flea-bitten, draggled, neglectful

   Antonyms:
   undamaged

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1. dilapidatedadjective

   Synonyms:
   decayed, ruined, wasted, in ruins

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1. dilapidatedadjective

   Synonyms:
   ramshackle, dismantled

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1. List of paraphrases for "dilapidated":

   decrepit, run-down, ramshackle, obsolete, derelict, old

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1. Mark Rank:

   We focus a lot of time on ... inner-city, minority groups living in dilapidated housing as an image of poverty in this country.

2. Fox News/Allie Raffa -RRB- Collins:

   The engineers that were designing a lot of these things were not thinking Were going to preserve this forever for all of humankind, they were thinking about how to successfully get somebody to the moon. The team travels from Tampa to Cape Canaveral to document the dilapidated sites in painstaking detail in order to better understand the site layout, extent and condition. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP For every week they spend on the Space Coast recording data, Collins said they are in their lab for a month processing the information.

3. Kirstjen Nielsen:

   The 30-foot-high bollard-style wall is a massive upgrade, and exactly what the men and women of the Border Patrol have requested. It's not mere replacement, for dilapidated, ineffective low wall and vehicle barriers : It's a new wall and part of a wall system.

4. Bernie Sanders:

   The homes just became dilapidated. The grass was dying. Palm trees were dumped over, it was just dead, dead, dead, dead, all the way down. At least 10 houses down, every other home was just gone. Empty.

5. Mark Rank:

   One Nation, Underprivileged: Why American Poverty Affects Us All. we focus a lot of time on ... inner-city, minority groups living in dilapidated housing as an image of poverty in this country.