as in disrepair
formal
the state of being old and in bad condition or poor health
The house has fallen into decrepitude. She was saddened by the decrepitude of many of the nursing home residents.
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Recent Examples of decrepitude
Many famous defendants have aimed for respectability, maturity, wide-eyed innocence or even pitiful decrepitude on their days in court.
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Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
Americans, meanwhile, have a diet of TV shows and memes that link aging with uselessness, weakness, and decrepitude.
—Marty Munson, Men's Health, 28 Mar. 2023
At 72 years of age (that’s 14 in cat years), Lloyd Webber bears no signs of decrepitude.
—Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2020
People bought there, people built there, and when the real estate company folded, the sign that was meant to stand for 18 months soldiered on into decrepitude for years.
—Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2023
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Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
Americans, meanwhile, have a diet of TV shows and memes that link aging with uselessness, weakness, and decrepitude.
—Marty Munson, Men's Health, 28 Mar. 2023
At 72 years of age (that’s 14 in cat years), Lloyd Webber bears no signs of decrepitude.
—Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2020
People bought there, people built there, and when the real estate company folded, the sign that was meant to stand for 18 months soldiered on into decrepitude for years.
—Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2023
See all Example Sentences for decrepitude
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decrepitude
Noun
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Over the years, the complex fell into disrepair until it was declared a nuisance in 2007.Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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After a long legal battle between the government and a development corporation owned by a powerful Manila family, the Mile Long property fell into disrepair.Maryam Jillani, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2024
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Adding low levels of fluoride to drinking water is widely considered one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century for its role in preventing tooth decay.Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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More than half of Californians and nearly 75% of U.S. residents live in communities where fluoride has been added to drinking water to prevent tooth decay, an intervention hailed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control as one of the 20th century’s greatest public health achievements.Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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The shadow of death and debility haunted American women throughout the nineteenth century.Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 28 June 2024
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According to this view, the outside world has been generous to Africa, providing substantial aid in recent decades, leaving no excuse for the continent’s debility.Howard W. French, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
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“Decrepitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decrepitude. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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