Both Uses of
dilapidated
in
Flipped, by Wendelin Van Draanen
- I was looking at the bottom of Juli Baker's feet, wondering how in the world a person could be so happy tunneling through a dilapidated chicken coop with poop stuck all over her shoes.†
p. 55.5
- Surely, I thought, a few bushes and some dilapidated wood couldn't stop someone's best and brightest blessing!†
p. 106.4 *
Definition:
in bad condition -- especially from age and neglect