Translation of decrepit – English-Italian dictionary

decrepit
adjective
/diˈkrepit/
(of a person or a thing) old and no longer in good health or condition
decrepito
a decrepit old man
a decrepit building.

(Translation of decrepit from the PASSWORD English-Italian Dictionary © 2014 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of decrepit

decrepit
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.
This might have become necessary because a disproportionate number of unmarried males were lame, blind, or decrepit.
They described themselves in their own words as capable and incapable, able and unable, beautiful and decrepit, funny and feeble.
Elderly men retained the primary responsibility for their own upkeep until they were absolutely decrepit.
Another landlord in my constituency refuses to carry out repairs to a decrepit house inhabited by a bed-ridden old lady of 90.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
There we saw a decrepit old house with 130 women and children in the most abysmal and appalling conditions.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Does he really believe that it has become decrepit in two years?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
At this stage old and decrepit people are in a better position than the young, because old people can better withstand the temptations that accompany conversion.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
B1

Word of the Day

kind-hearted

UK
/ˌkaɪndˈhɑː.tɪd/
US
/ˌkaɪndˈhɑːr.t̬ɪd/

A kind-hearted person is one who likes other people a lot and always wants to help them.

About this
has been added to list
Follow us
Choose a dictionary
  • Recent and Recommended
  • Definitions
    Clear explanations of natural written and spoken English
    English Learner’s Dictionary Essential British English Essential American English
  • Grammar and thesaurus
    Usage explanations of natural written and spoken English
    Grammar Thesaurus
  • Pronunciation
    British and American pronunciations with audio
    English Pronunciation
  • Translation
    Click on the arrows to change the translation direction.
    Bilingual Dictionaries
    • English–Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Simplified)–English
    • English–Chinese (Traditional) Chinese (Traditional)–English
    • English–Danish Danish–English
    • English–Dutch Dutch–English
    • English–French French–English
    • English–German German–English
    • English–Indonesian Indonesian–English
    • English–Italian Italian–English
    • English–Japanese Japanese–English
    • English–Norwegian Norwegian–English
    • English–Polish Polish–English
    • English–Portuguese Portuguese–English
    • English–Spanish Spanish–English
    • English–Swedish Swedish–English
    Semi-bilingual Dictionaries
    English–Arabic English–Bengali English–Catalan English–Czech English–Gujarati English–Hindi English–Korean English–Malay English–Marathi English–Russian English–Tamil English–Telugu English–Thai English–Turkish English–Ukrainian English–Urdu English–Vietnamese
  • Dictionary +Plus
    Word Lists
Contents
My word lists

To add decrepit to a word list please sign up or log in.

Sign up or Log in
My word lists

Add decrepit to one of your lists below, or create a new one.

More
Go to your word lists
Tell us about this example sentence: