decrepit
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But the pictures show North Korea's Air Force and Navy are antiquated and decrepit -- 48 small submarines, some Russian-made MiG jets -- but, believe it or not, most of the transport aircraft are biplanes.
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- adjective Weakened, worn out, impaired, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use. See Synonyms at weak.
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- And I assure you whatsoever he was among you, he is here a kind of decrepit young gentleman and terribly crest-fallen.â — Andrew Marvell
- Unfortunately, neither the old man nor his decrepit golden dragon was a sharp observer. — Dragons of Spring Dawning
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CARVEY: It's known in the annals of bypass surgery usually with elder patients with decrep -- decrepit, tiny arteries that you can hardly find.
— CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Dana Carvey Lives to Tell About Mistaken Bypass Surgery - June 29, 2000 -
But the pictures show North Korea's Air Force and Navy are antiquated and decrepit -- 48 small submarines, some Russian-made MiG jets -- but, believe it or not, most of the transport aircraft are biplanes.
— CNN Transcript Jan 5, 2005 -
But the labs were so decrepit, the crew decided no one would believe that America's best public health scientists actually worked there.
— CNN Transcript Jan 4, 2002
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- Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dēcrepitus, worn out, feeble : dē-, de- + crepitus, past participle of crepāre, to burst, crack.
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/ (dĭ-krĕpˈĭt)/
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