Definition of "dilapidating" [dilapidating]

• Present participle of dilapidate. (verb)

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• "It is paramount in revitalizing struggling urban centers and dilapidating historic districts."
• "PHILLIPS: Tell me how that would help a dilapidating motel turn into a better motel by asking employees that have worked there for a long time not to speak Spanish and to Anglicize their names?"
• "As we debate in our streets the need for peace, and a healthy environment, we see daily our governments and corporations pushing forth a rhetoric of “justified” aggression, and we watch with arms crossed, our corporations dilapidating the remains of our environmental heritage without a strong enough collective of concerned citizens saying stop."