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dilapidated

verb
/dɪˈlæpɪdeɪtəd/UK

Definitions

  1. simple past and past participle of dilapidate

  2. Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, especially through neglect.

    • Their stately offices—their pleasant gardens—the magnificent cloisters constructed for their recreation, were all dilapidated and ruinous; […]
    • It was a strange scene, the contrasts which met in that large but dilapidated chamber. It had been the banqueting-hall in the ancient palace of the La Franchi, but the revelry and the splendour had long since passed away.
    • The Glenbrook Community Center is in disrepair and has been closed for a number of years, which means it is the exact kind of dilapidated and blighted building CAVE People will do everything to protect.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at dilapidated. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at dilapidated. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at dilapidated

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA