Sentence examples for neglected run-down from inspiring English sources
They are an incongruous sight in a neglected, run-down African capital city.
Everything looks faded, neglected, run down.
The city's bicentennial was commemorated in 1949 by an international exposition, the site of which is a palm-fronted promenade, now neglected and run-down.
By the time Chávez assumed power, in 1999, the city center was neglected and run-down, and the Tower had fallen into the custody of a federal deposit-insurance agency.
The mayor is also behind the "Reinvent Paris" scheme, an international competition to find environmentally friendly urban designs to transform neglected and run down city-owned sites.
Delhi and Calcutta have Muslim ghettos, crowded, run-down and neglected.
Indeed, neglected environments can contribute to mental ill-health – dilapidated neighbourhoods and abandoned shops or houses can make us feel unsafe, with run-down environments found to contribute to anxiety and persistent low mood.
The flea markets and expos are still relatively well attended, but the whole complex is run-down after years of what Ms. McCullough, a retired air traffic controller, calls "benign neglect" by the city.
They bought the run-down Beaux Arts-style building for $5 million and spent millions more, reversing years of neglect.
Whether they are flats over run-down shops or mansions on elegant boulevards, all are equally at risk of vandalism, squatting and general decline as a result of neglect.
