dilapidating

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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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