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Organically decayed or broken down

No longer capable, effective or needed

Worn out or ruined because of age or neglect

Not characterized by or conducive to physical health or well-being

From or relating to a previous era

Shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water

Having been destroyed permanently

Not performing its proper or intended function

Past tense for to rot or cause to rot

Past tense for to decline gradually in health, prosperity, or quality

Past tense for to deplete, or be depleted, in physical strength or energy

Past tense for to damage, or cause to become damaged, through continued use

Past tense for to have a severely detrimental effect on

Past tense for live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way

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Adjective

Organically decayed or broken down

strong-smelling

unfit for human consumption

stinking to high heaven

past its sell-by date

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“Even young children have teeth so decayed they need to be extracted.”

Adjective

No longer capable, effective or needed

over and done with

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Adjective

Worn out or ruined because of age or neglect

falling to pieces

on its last legs

gone to rack and ruin

in a state of disrepair

down-at-the-heels

poverty-stricken

the worse for wear

poorly maintained

all the worse for wear

badly maintained

in poor condition

falling apart at the seams

having seen better days

seen better days

inappropriately dressed

unprepossessing

good-for-nothing

down-at-the-heel

decrepit. in ruins

unsophisticated

out of condition

in bad condition

cheap and nasty

dressed in rags

underprivileged

on the breadline

on one's beam-ends

on one's uppers

without two pennies to rub together

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Adjective

Not characterized by or conducive to physical health or well-being

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

environmentally unfriendly

counterproductive

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Adjective

From or relating to a previous era

old as Methuselah

old as the hills

behind the times

of the old school

horse-and-buggy

down memory lane

well-established

backward-looking

consigned to oblivion

having seen better days

past your sell-by date

past its sell-by date

long-established

rooted in the past

dead and buried

over and done with

sunk in oblivion

in the olden days

in the good old days

ancient history

out of commission

horse and buggy

as old as the hills

long in the tooth

on its last legs

anachronistical

no longer in use

fallen into disuse

no longer fashionable

not fashionable

no longer in fashion

tried and tested

in period style

unsophisticated

becoming obsolete

of an advanced age

advanced in years

going out of use

going out of fashion

not as young as one used to be

not as young as one was

not long for this world

no spring chicken

past your prime

brick and mortar

pleasantly old-fashioned

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Adjective

Shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water

Adjective

Having sinned

Adjective

Having been destroyed permanently

falling down about one's ears

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Adjective

Not performing its proper or intended function

Verb

Past tense for to rot or cause to rot

became contaminated

become contaminated

become gangrenous

became gangrenous

fell into decay

fallen into decay

become infected

became infected

gone to rack and ruin

went to rack and ruin

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“Masses of leaves may begin to decay and smother the plant beneath them.”

Verb

Past tense for to decline gradually in health, prosperity, or quality

became dilapidated

become dilapidated

went to the dogs

gone to the dogs

went down the toilet

gone down the toilet

went down the tubes

gone down the tubes

went to rack and ruin

gone to rack and ruin

went to the pack

gone to the pack

fell into disrepair

fallen into disrepair

came apart at the seams

come apart at the seams

hit rock bottom

become debilitated

taken a turn for the worse

took a turn for the worse

become emaciated

became debilitated

come apart at seams

fell into decay

fallen into decay

went from bad to worse

gone from bad to worse

became emaciated

become moribund

chipped away at

came apart at seams

turned the clock back

took a nosedive

taken a nosedive

made something worse

lowered in price

become shrunken

lowered in value

had one foot in the grave

reached a new low

become enfeebled

became moribund

fallen apart at the seams

fell apart at the seams

went into decline

gone into decline

went down the tube

gone down the tube

became enfeebled

became shrunken

gone into a tailspin

went into a tailspin

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“The result is that property has been allowed to decay and is occupied almost entirely by people who cannot pay any heavy rents.”

Verb

Past tense for to deplete, or be depleted, in physical strength or energy

went into a decline

gone into a decline

become listless

became marcescent

became listless

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“Flowers decay much sooner when tied in bunches or bouquets than when arranged loosely.”

Verb

Past tense for to damage, or cause to become damaged, through continued use

became threadbare

become threadbare

made threadbare

went into holes

gone into holes

showed signs of wear

shown signs of wear

came to the end of its life

come to the end of its life

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Verb

Past tense for to have a severely detrimental effect on

Verb

Past tense for live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way

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