decrepitude

[ dih-krep-i-tood, -tyood ]

noun

1. decrepit condition; dilapidated state; feebleness, especially from old age.

Word History and Origins

Origin of decrepitude¹

1595–1605; < French décrépitude, derivative of décrépit decrepit; -tude

Example Sentences

The naked corruption, fecklessness, and moral decrepitude of the political, economic, and media elite, all of whom are beyond the reach of the same laws that are levied so harshly against the great mass of us, leads to our prevalent cynicism, apathy, political and civic dislocation, and our collective rage.

From Salon

He has one year left in his term to right the ship before cementing a legacy as the governor who sailed the system into decrepitude.

From Seattle Times

She’s implying that Biden won’t live to the end of another term, but that merely glosses over the visible decrepitude of her own party’s leader, who is only three years younger than Biden and who oversaw an administration that is likely to go down as the most incompetent and corrupt in American history.

From Los Angeles Times

Eventually, though, the canals were filled in, the amusement attractions waxed and waned, the housing fell into decrepitude or got plowed under for bigger and better.

From Los Angeles Times

Even for classic car enthusiasts, there’s a point of extreme decrepitude that precludes restoration but ignites reimagination.

From Seattle Times