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[ adjective ] in deplorable condition

Examples

"a street of bedraggled tenements" "a broken-down fence" "a ramshackle old pier" "a tumble-down shack"

Related terms

damaged

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[ adjective ] in deplorable condition

Examples

"a street of bedraggled tenements" "a broken-down fence" "a ramshackle old pier" "a tumble-down shack"

Used in print

(Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)

A second reported that the dilapidated houses in Virginia `` look_like the latter end of original_sin and hard_times '' .

Related terms

damaged

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