decrepit
IPA: dʌkrˈɛpɪt
adjective
- Weakened or worn out from age or wear.
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Examples of "decrepit" in Sentences
- By the 1990s the building was considered decrepit.
- The facility grew decrepit over the next two decades.
- She becomes increasingly decrepit throughout the play.
- The police search the decrepit mansion with flashlights.
- The worn boot is decrepit, misshapen and painful to wear.
- Each use of the devise causes Beast to look more decrepit and weak.
- In 1984 with dwindled attendance and decrepit conditions the park closed.
- Much of the rest of the vacant building is decrepit and has been vandalised.
- It is so dark and decrepit that the town outside is refreshing in comparison.
- Now, some remains of the flooring are there, of course in a decrepit condition.
- In this city, so many beat cops troll along at a snail's pace in decrepit squad cars.
- Located in decrepit strip malls, strewn with broken glass outside, parents walked their toddlers into these small, overheated spaces.
- Several families with loved ones who are mentally ill are speaking out about what they call a decrepit, overcrowded, ineffective psychiatric facility at Vancouver General Hospital.
- It was falling down in decrepit shape, and since it was within a few feet from both their house and their other neighbors’ house, there was a real risk that it could take out a wall of a home if/when it collapsed.
- The roller skates themselves are neither pristine nor completely decrepit, which is common for skating facilities, while the choice between traditional roller skates and modern inline skates will drastically affect the quality of the skating experience.
- Working closely with indie labels, bands did the dirty work of booking their own tours and driving in decrepit vans and sleeping on floors and in parking lots – hammering out a vibrant (and, yes, highly flawed) new underground culture where one didn’t exist before.
- The earth had yielded of her fruits and now rested from her labour, worn and spent, taking no thought of comeliness, but waiting in decrepit indifference for her friend, the North Wind, to bring down the swirling snow to hide her scars and heal her unloveliness with its kindly white mantle.
- An American family of eight has gone missing while driving from Michigan to Alaska and police believe they may be somewhere in northern B.C. Several families with loved ones who are mentally ill are speaking out about what they call a decrepit, overcrowded, ineffective psychiatric facility at Vancouver General Hospital.