DECREPIT
(adj.) lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
"a feeble old woman", "her body looked sapless"
synonyms : debile , feeble , infirm , rickety , sapless , weak , weaklya feeble boy.(adj.) worn and broken down by hard use
"a creaky shack", "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape", "a flea-bitten sofa", "a run-down neighborhood", "a woebegone old shack"
synonyms : creaky , derelict , flea-bitten , run-down , woebegonedecrepit window
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Mnemonics for decrepit
(Tag: ) Decrease in Brad pit's muscular strength made him very weak
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(Tag: ) DECRE(decrease..)..and decrease in a capacity of something will lead to BAD AND WEAK condition of a something.
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(Tag: ) decrepit -- > decre(decrease) + pit (peet means maarna(beat) in hindi). If you beat someone, he/she gets weak.
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(Tag: ) DE+CRE(creature)+PIT.....the creature that fell into a pit is in it's LAST STAGE OF DECAY after dying.....
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(Tag: ) decrease + pit. prolonged usage leads a thing to DECREASE in value or strength so after the things gets wretched we ll throw it in PIT. (garbage pit)
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(Tag: ) decrepit. A pit(well) which has been decre(deserted) is in old and weak condition. The 2nd meaning as 1st mnemonic
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