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Dilapidated vs Mischievous - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between dilapidated and mischievous

is that dilapidated is having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, especially through neglect while mischievous is causing mischief; injurious.

As a verb dilapidated

is past participle of lang=en.

dilapidated

English

Verb

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    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, especially through neglect

    • Synonyms

    * beat * beat up * beaten up * bedraggled * broken-down * ramshackle * ruinous * rundown * tatterdemalion * tumbledown

    mischievous

    English

    Alternative forms

    * mischievious, mischevious (common misspellings)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing mischief; injurious.
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  • Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved.
    • Matthew had a twin brother called Edward, who was always mischievous and badly behaved.

    Synonyms

    * (causing mischief) harmful, hurtful, detrimental, noxious, pernicious, destructive; see also * (badly-behaved) badly-behaved, naughty

    Derived terms

    * mischievously * mischievousness

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