decrepit
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Even when fuel was readily available, a decrepit electrical grid caused regular power outages and daily life was consumed by the search for necessities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026
Dimming the upbeat declarations is a harsh reality: It will likely take at least a decade — and perhaps $200 billion or more — to restore the country’s decrepit hydrocarbon infrastructure, experts say.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026
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 • Dec. 28, 2025
In the end, the Mobutu era left few visible traces behind: a handful of palaces and monuments to the late dictator lie decrepit, while virtually no infrastructure from his time survives to this day.
From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025
The pews were decrepit, the bills were once so in arrears the electricity was nearly turned off, and the padre hadn’t installed air-conditioning, despite summer temperatures that reach 120 degrees.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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