| In unsettling contrast to its meticulously groomed environs, an aura of dilapidation pervades the site. |
| In short, it was to dilapidation what the American Civil War was to skirmishing. |
| Disrepair and dilapidation unnecessarily subjects both caregiver and patient to preventable risk for injury. |
| The state of abandonment and dilapidation seems to contradict the antiseptic whiteness of the toy structures. |
| Regardless of their antiquity or state of dilapidation, there was a constant demand for such books. |
| The dust, the dirt, the decay and the dilapidation have taken away the exuberance from the ordinary lives. |
