dilapidating

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Definition of dilapidating in English English dictionary: present participle of dilapidate
dilapidate: To squander or waste
dilapidate: To cause to become ruined or put into disrepair
In the last days of autumn he had whitewashed the chalet, painted the doors, windows, and veranda, repaired the roof and interior, and improved the place so much that the landlord had warned him that the rent would be raised at the expiration of his twelvemonth's tenancy, remarking that a tenant could not reasonably expect to have a pretty, rain-tight dwelling-house for the same money as a hardly habitable ruin. Smilash had immediately promised to dilapidate it to its former state at the end of the year.
dilapidate: To fall into ruin or disuse
dilapidate: {v} to ruin, to throw or pull down
dilapidate: To impair by waste and abuse; to squander
dilapidate: To get out of repair; to fall into partial ruin; to become decayed; as, the church was suffered to dilapidate
dilapidate: bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse
dilapidate: {f} bring to a ruinous condition through misuse or neglect, squander; fall into ruin or decay
dilapidate: To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by misuse or through neglect; to destroy the fairness and good condition of; said of a building

dilapidating

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di·lap·i·dat·ing

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