decrepit
adjective
[ dɪˈkrɛpɪt ]
• worn out or ruined because of age or neglect.
• "a row of decrepit houses"
Similar:
dilapidated,
rickety,
run down,
broken-down,
tumbledown,
ramshackle,
worn out,
derelict,
in ruins,
ruined,
falling apart,
falling to pieces,
in (a state of) disrepair,
creaky,
creaking,
gone to rack and ruin,
on its last legs,
battered,
decayed,
decaying,
crumbling,
deteriorated,
deteriorating,
antiquated,
superannuated,
the worse for wear,
rumpty,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin decrepitus, from de- ‘down’ + crepitus, past participle of crepare ‘rattle, creak’.
