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decrepitness

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English

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Etymology

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From decrepit +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dɪˈkɹɛpɪtnəs/

Noun

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decrepitness (uncountable)

  1. decrepitude.
    • 2021 December 29, Conrad Landin, “Glasgow Subway: a city institution”, in RAIL, number 947, page 45:
      The station interiors were also suffering. "The universal lavatorial glazed tiling is dirty and cracked, the paint is peeling, and there is a general air of decay," Guardian journalist Charles Cook wrote in a 1974 feature. But as Cook himself discovered, this decrepitness disguised the positives of Underground travel.

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