dilapidated

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"But they are gloomy and dilapidated, and will require so much expense to make them comfortable.

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  1. adjective Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, as through neglect; broken-down and shabby.

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  • The restoration had been debated for many years; the ancient church was sadly dilapidated, and disfigured by an ugly gallery at the west end of the nave, which obscured the finest arch in the building, leading into the tower; and the incident which brought the matter within the range of possibility was romantic. —  Grain and Chaff from an English Manor
  • The building was old and rather dilapidated, and as yet it contained but one piece of furniture, a cheap washstand bureau. —  Fifteen Years With The Outcast
  • Hope surged when I spotted a gray Plymouth K-car along with several other cars in the parking area of a dilapidated, abandoned gas station. —  Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, March 2002
  • The top part was somewhat dilapidated, the cover of the desk being broken off and some of the "pigeonhole" compartments smashed. —  Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls
  • When the house was dilapidated, the grounds about it, of course, were ill kept. —  Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes
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