badly decayed
Frequency: 7.211.1 per million words
Indicates a severe or advanced state of decay.
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Examples (10)
- The dentist found that several of his teeth were badly decayed.
- The old wooden fence had become badly decayed after years of neglect.
- We couldn't use the timber for construction as it was badly decayed.
- Upon opening the shipwreck, they found chests filled with badly decayed fabric.
- The foundations of the abandoned house were badly decayed, making it unsafe.
- Some of the fruit at the bottom of the crate was badly decayed.
- The fallen tree looked badly decayed, returning its nutrients to the forest floor.
- An archaeologist carefully excavated the badly decayed wooden artifacts.
- He needed extensive dental work because his molars were badly decayed.
- The smell was coming from a badly decayed animal carcass hidden in the bushes.