decrepit
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"Without those efforts, the center will deteriorate further into an unsafe, decrepit structure that will be required to be taken down," Justice Department attorney Brantley Mayers wrote.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Plus, during the day she keeps encountering three decrepit older people walking in unison down her street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Cuba produces about 40,000 barrels a day of sulfur- and metals-laden heavy crude that feeds the country’s decrepit power plants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
When the BBC visited in November, workers were busy knocking down a decrepit old barn, one of many that dot the Appalachian landscape.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
I went downstairs to the tiny windowless gift shop and asked the decrepit volunteer sitting on a stool behind a cash register what kind of flowers smell the strongest.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
Vocabulary lists containing decrepit
The Hunger Games
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The Fault in Our Stars
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