Dilapidated has 5 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | What a home! The place looked like some disused rag-store. The large unglazed window was closed up by a dilapidated shutter. | |
| 2. | The crime scene was in a dilapidated motel. | |
| 3. | They lived in a dilapidated house. | |
| 4. | They used to hold raves in those dilapidated warehouses on the quay. | |
| 5. | There are some squatters living in that dilapidated house. | |
| 6. | To the untrained eye, these dilapidated buildings and neighborhoods seem to be well past their prime and ready to be torn down, but they’re actually critical links to America's past — national treasures that must be protected, according to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, a privately funded nonprofit that works to save America’s historic places. | |
| 7. | Our roads are completely dilapidated. | |
| 8. | My house is old and dilapidated. | |
| 9. | Who lives in that dilapidated shack near the lake? | |
| 10. | Tom's house is dilapidated. |