adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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decrepit wooden benches
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He moved fiercely among the decrepit houses in his white pyjamas like an angry prophet.
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He was in his forties, wore a decrepit old blazer and flannels, and had rabbity teeth and a foolish expression.
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In the windows of the decrepit houses, gas lamps were beginning to be lighted.
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One by one, the aged tottered in, each one seemingly more decrepit than the one before.
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Our battered forecabin now looked like the canopy of some decrepit truck jacked up for repairs in some Third World country.
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Past the overgrown lawn, through the decrepit rose arbour and into the Wilderness.
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The inn-hospital is a decrepit , single-storied structure.
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The latter set about restoring its decrepit but largely unaltered state, uncovering the great stone fireplace in the hall.