dilapidation

[ UK /dˌɪlɐpɪdˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. a state of deterioration due to old age or long use
  2. the process of becoming dilapidated
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How To Use dilapidation In A Sentence

  • Decades of greenfield development around the edge of the town have created an urban doughnut with major facilities scattered far and wide while the town centre is on a downward spiral of dilapidation.
  • Because they are using the money reserved for dilapidation as rent, what will we have if they trash the flat?
  • The number of holy wells in the British Isles runs into many thousands, including those still in use, those in assorted states of neglect and dilapidation, and those which have disappeared from view.
  • The segmented binary images were separated into image tiles, then the proportion value between the cracked pixels and the entire image tile was regarded as the dilapidation degree.
  • The majority of the houses obtained by private landlords were now exhibiting signs of neglect and dilapidation.
  • He wandered along the littered sidewalk to Mimi Lomax's house, expecting to find it in a state of dilapidation. EVERVILLE
  • Trailers in various states of dilapidation fanned out from a single dirt road. KISSCUT
  • The Mission, aimed at pulling India's 63 cities out of their dilapidation, which is somewhat reminiscent of Dickensian London, is conditional upon a bunch of mandatory reforms. Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views'
  • But Jack won't support the idea of the Royal High School being utilised for a good cause, and instead, seemingly, wishes it to fall into dilapidation, and another of Scotland's natural historical sites to be lost.
  • He wandered along the littered sidewalk to Mimi Lomax's house, expecting to find it in a state of dilapidation. EVERVILLE
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