dilapidation

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Still, how is it that the official residence of Canadian prime ministers was allowed to fall into a state of dilapidation?

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2023

You wouldn’t choose to wear the scent of dilapidation or urban decline or gentrification or environmental racism.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2022

Today, the neat premises of Havana’s Fine Arts Museum contrast with the MACC’s dilapidation.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2022

Hugo deplored the dilapidation of the structure but stood in awe of the palimpsest.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2019

The Club House sits in tired dilapidation, its roof no longer safe for telescopes.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam