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Meaning of 'decrepit' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Decrepit [ a.]
- Broken down with age; wasted and enfeebled by the infirmities of old age; feeble; worn out.

Meaning of 'decrepit' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . decrepit [ s]
Meaning (1):
- worn and broken down by hard use
Example in sentence:
  • a creaky shack;
  • a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape;
  • a flea-bitten sofa;
  • a run-down neighborhood;
  • a woebegone old shack
Meaning (2):
- lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
Example in sentence:
  • a feeble old woman;
  • her body looked sapless

Nearby Words:

deca- decacerata decachord decachordon decad decadal decade decadence decadency decadent

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