decrepitadjective
uk/dɪˈkrep.ɪt/us/dɪˈkrep.ɪt/in very bad condition because of being old, or not having been cared for, or having been used a lot:
Most of the buildings were old and decrepit.
A decrepit old man sat on a park bench.
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In bad condition
- battered
- battle-scarred
- be on the skids idiom
- beat up
- blasted
- have seen better days idiom
- hors de combat
- impair
- in good, bad, etc. repair idiom
- kaput
- scuff
- shabby
- shattered
- shop-soiled
- shopworn
- worn out
- worse
- worsen
- wrack
- wrecked
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decrepitude
noun [ U ] uk/dɪˈkrep.ɪ.tʃuːd/us/dɪˈkrep.ə.tuːd/formal
a state of decrepitude