Vocabulary
Dilapidated
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
(of a building or object) in a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect.
Urdu meaning
ٹوٹا پھوٹا، انہدام، شکستہ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Some live in dilapidated build-ings which remain under constant threat of collapse.
- 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.
- While Karachi needs help, news that as many as 44 dilapidated structures, including 10 protected heritage buildings, have been cleared for demolition is disturbing.
- As per the Sindh Building Control Authority, 588 buildings are derelict; 68 of these are classified as `highly dilapidated` to be flattened in the first phase.
- There are no two opinions about modernising and upgrading the existing dilapidated railway infrastructure for safer and faster connectivity for both passenger traffic and trade.
Synonyms
run down, tumbledown, ramshackle, broken-down, in disrepair, shabby, battered
Curator example
“old, dilapidated buildings”
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