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DILAPIDATED
(adj.) in deplorable condition
"a street of bedraggled tenements", "a broken-down fence", "a ramshackle old pier", "a tumble-down shack"
synonyms : bedraggled , broken-down , derelict , ramshackle , tatterdemalion , tumble-downAfter a tour of the dilapidated building, he discovered it was hopeless to renovate. -added by Administrator
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(Tag: ) I drank a DILuted API(appy) juice which was outDATED(expired).... my stomach got RUINED as a result of my own NEGLECT.
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-2 (Tag: ) wen dil is dated and neglected, it falls into peices and in bad condition.it is completely ruined.
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