as in dilapidated
showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect
lived alone on a tumbledown farm that had seen better days
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Recent Examples of tumbledown
For much of recent history, intimate private colleges and universities have thrived here, as much a part of the region’s identity as tumbledown stone walls and scenic coastlines, the local highways bristling with signs signaling that another quintessential New England campus is just an exit away.
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Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2023
The drive follows several miles of twisting pavement past tumbledown barns and front lawns doubling as auto graveyards.
—Popular Mechanics, 14 Apr. 2023
The piles of tumbledown bricks on Long Beach streets took laborious weeks to clear away.
—Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023
After reluctantly moving into a tumbledown 17th-century English cottage, Milli Proust has created a gorgeously unruly and varied source for her craft.
—Carolyn Asome David Fernández, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2022
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Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2023
The drive follows several miles of twisting pavement past tumbledown barns and front lawns doubling as auto graveyards.
—Popular Mechanics, 14 Apr. 2023
The piles of tumbledown bricks on Long Beach streets took laborious weeks to clear away.
—Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023
After reluctantly moving into a tumbledown 17th-century English cottage, Milli Proust has created a gorgeously unruly and varied source for her craft.
—Carolyn Asome David Fernández, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tumbledown
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Police questioned him in 1994 after a man named Mark Peters turned up dead, tied to a chair in a dilapidated cabin in northern Kentucky.—
Dan Sullivan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 May 2025
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Disaster could have been avoided The bridge project aimed to replace a dilapidated wood bridge about 27 miles northeast of Kansas City, in unincorporated Clay County.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
4 May 2025
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But the area where these cuts will be felt most acutely is with respect to elder abuse, which is already a neglected area of health care and social services.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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By upcycling a neglected garment, Hirsch hopes to give someone the chance to experience the beauty and craftsmanship that goes into creating a piece.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Tumbledown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tumbledown. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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