decrepit

Example Sentences

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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

Venezuela will benefit if U.S. oil companies modernize the country’s decrepit oil production facilities.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

So why, unlike China during its boom years, isn't India's blazing GDP growth leading to a regeneration of its decrepit cities?

From BBC

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, alleges “decrepit” conditions inside the detention facility.

From Los Angeles Times