Translation of decrepit – English–Swedish dictionary

decrepit

 
adjective
  /diˈkrepit/
●
(of a person or a thing) old and no longer in good health or condition
skröplig, orkeslös
a decrepit old man
a decrepit building

(Translation of decrepit from the PASSWORD English–Swedish Dictionary © 2023 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of decrepit

decrepit
It seemed impossible that modern thought could house itself in such decrepit and superseded chambers.
It was sub-standard accommodation, decrepit and with holes in the roof.
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I believe that suffering must inevitably occur, quite apart from anything else, in sending these decrepit horses across the sea.
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Everybody knows the limitation in raising manpower for the industry and everybody knows that the mines are like the miners, getting old and decrepit.
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There we saw a decrepit old house with 130 women and children in the most abysmal and appalling conditions.
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This is a thoroughly bad and decrepit clause on arbitration.
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This law stated that ' the aged and decrepit ' of every parish were to be supported by a tax, collected from all those who held property in the parish.
Another landlord in my constituency refuses to carry out repairs to a decrepit house inhabited by a bed-ridden old lady of 90.
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Translations of decrepit

in Chinese (Traditional)
破舊的,年久失修的, 破爛不堪的, 老朽的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
破旧的,年久失修的, 破烂不堪的, 老朽的…
in Spanish
destartalado, decrépito, Decrepito…
in Portuguese
decrépito…
in more languages
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in Dutch
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in Indonesian
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in Polish
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in Russian
harap, yıpranmış, çökmüş…
délabré…
afgeleefd, vervallen…
sešlý, zchátralý…
affældig, faldefærdig…
renta, tua sekali…
แก่, เสื่อมสภาพ…
già yếu, hư nát…
walący się, zgrzybiały, rozpadający się…
uzur…
altersschwach, baufällig…
dekrepitt…
старезний, зношений…
ветхий, дряхлый…
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