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# dilapidated

adjective (dilapidated)

«dilapidated» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Dilapidated means old, falling to pieces and in need of repair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dilapidated/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories a dilapidated dovecot or wall shows that a place has been left to decay; the word describes old, broken buildings

### Examples

- The dilapidated barn had a broken roof. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dilapidated/#x1)
- We found a dilapidated dovecot in the old garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dilapidated/#x2)
- Ivy grew over the dilapidated walls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dilapidated/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dilapidated» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dilapidated/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dilapidated» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dilapidated.html) on Mova free.