Vocabulary
Decrepit
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
worn out or ruined because of age or neglect.
Urdu meaning
زوال، شکستہ دل، بوڑھا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
Sentences are selected from stored editorial text where your search word appears. If none appear yet, run the admin sentence generator for fuller coverage.
- While others competed throughout the season in the Diamond League, Arshad has been training in decrepit facilities.
- In fact, decrepit housing infrastructure has been the root cause of most deaths caused by rain-related destruction this year.
- This is a welcome development; the dilapidated railway infrastructure, especially the decrepit tracks, has been responsible for dozens of fatal train accidents and hundreds of derailments.
- The architecture of most of these activities is ugly, their façades are not finished, functionally they are decrepit, and add to the ugliness of the city.
- This is why young people are increasingly drawn to the fantastical schemes to overturn a decrepit system, convinced that their preferred choice of charismatic leader will wave a magic wand and get rid of all the bad guys.
Synonyms
dilapidated, rickety, run down, broken-down, tumbledown, ramshackle, worn out,
Curator example
“a row of decrepit houses”
More vocabulary to explore
About this vocabulary section.
These entries support close reading of Dawn editorials and opinion pieces: short definitions,
Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
so you can see tone and usage.
Common questions
- Do I need to sign up to use this vocabulary page?
- No. Word pages are open to everyone. You can read meanings in English and Urdu, synonyms and antonyms, and example sentences without creating an account.
- Where do the example sentences come from?
- When available, example sentences are drawn from cached matches in our Dawn editorial corpus so you can see how a word is used in real newsroom-style prose.
- How is this different from a dictionary?
- This section is curated for students preparing for competitive exams and editorial reading. Entries are compact, often include Urdu glosses, and are paired with in-context lines from editorials when we have them.
