adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a dilapidated building (= in bad condition )
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He rented an apartment at the top of a dilapidated building in Paris.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a dilapidated house
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Jesse was raised in a large, dilapidated house on the East Side.
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Some of the old homes in Newville are well kept, but others are dilapidated .
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We stayed in an old, dilapidated hotel with a leaky roof.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A search of the outside store revealed two folding canvas garden chairs, dilapidated but useable.
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It was housed in old and dilapidated buildings between Holborn and the Strand.
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Labour has pledged to cancel the City Technology College programme to release £100 million immediately for repair and decoration of dilapidated schools.
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Maidstone rented a tiny apartment at the top of a very dilapidated building in the Vomero.
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The infirmary and stables had become dilapidated during the wars, having been occupied by enemy cavalry, and were empty.
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The villages on the road for Tabor looked less dilapidated than Prague.
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Unless your home is totally dilapidated , steer clear of a complete redecoration prior to selling: it will arouse suspicion.
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When she turned left around the corner of the house, a dilapidated building came into view.