GDict

decrepit

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adj/dɪˈkɹɛp.ɪt//dəˈkɹɛp.ɪd/
  1. 1

    Weakened or worn out from age or wear.

    • Sorrow is subdued by strong necessity; there is no cause why life should be lengthened for our love; and we feel that the worn and the decrepit do but go down into that grave which had received youth, health, beauty,—all that made existence
    • Two entrants shared this award for their work on two quite different stations, but with the same purpose of bringing a redundant station building back into use for the benefit of the community, with the added result of conserving an histori

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