Definition of "dilapidated"

dilapidated

/dɪˈlæpɪdeɪtəd/

verb
1. simple past and past participle of dilapidate
adjective
comparative more dilapidated, superlative most dilapidated
1. Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, especially through neglect.
  Quotations
  Their stately offices—their pleasant gardens—the magnificent cloisters constructed for their recreation, were all dilapidated and ruinous; […]
  1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XIII, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], pages 271–272
  It was a strange scene, the contrasts which met in that large but dilapidated chamber. It had been the banqueting-hall in the ancient palace of the La Franchi, but the revelry and the splendour had long since passed away.
  1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), page 6