Associations to the word «Dilapidated»

Wiktionary

DILAPIDATED, verb. Past participle of dilapidate
DILAPIDATED, adjective. Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, especially through neglect

Dictionary definition

DILAPIDATED, adjective. In deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne