Usually means: Causing something to decay, crumble.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word dilapidating:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. dilapidating: Merriam-Webster
  2. dilapidating: Collins English Dictionary
  3. dilapidating: Vocabulary.com
  4. dilapidating: Wordnik
  5. dilapidating: Wiktionary
  6. Dilapidating, dilapidating: Dictionary.com
  7. Dilapidating: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. Dilapidating: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. dilapidating: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. dilapidating: FreeDictionary.org
  11. dilapidating: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dilapidating: Legal dictionary

(Note: See dilapidate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (dilapidate)

verb:  (transitive) To cause to become ruined or put into disrepair.
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To squander or waste.
verb:  (intransitive, archaic) To fall into ruin or disuse.
adjective:  (archaic, obsolete) dilapidated
▸ Also see dilapidate


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