dilapidation

/ dɪˌlæpɪˈdeɪʃən /

noun

1. the state of being or becoming dilapidated
2. often plural property law
   1. the state of disrepair of premises at the end of a tenancy due to neglect
   2. the extent of repairs necessary to such premises

Derived Forms

• diˈlapiˌdator, noun

Example Sentences

The ruins of Loglukabad are in an advanced state of dilapidation, and do not repay the trouble of a journey of seven miles.

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The sun was streaming in through the little window, revealing the dust and the dilapidation of this lodging.

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The museum contains much that, in its removal here or dilapidation, has lost nearly all its interest.

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From the river itself the blackness, the squalor, the apparent dilapidation, of these Tyneside towns are not so conspicuous.

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Day by day I watched, with a secret joy, the rapid progress of this work of dilapidation.

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