decrepit
Example Sentences
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A multibillion euro spending program to fix the country’s military and upgrade its decrepit infrastructure has yet to translate into higher growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
I have heard from haggard, decrepit millennials that it used to be different, that it used to be grungy and alternative.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
The list of today's woes goes on: Cuban roads and other infrastructure are in a decrepit state, no gasoline means no school buses, and there is a shortage of teachers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
If I came across as old and decrepit, it might be less exciting for some of the audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Their prison hospital X-ray machines were in a decrepit state, and there was a chronic shortage of even first-line antibiotics.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing decrepit
The Hunger Games
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The Fault in Our Stars
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