Rousseau, though he paid his respects to Plato's philosophy, rejected it as impractical due to the decayed state of society.

Unlike seafood, Bolians always cook the land meat, even though it is usually prepared in a decayed state.

That bothered me more than the decayed state of the Barrowland.

Even at that time, it was clearly in a decayed state.

The banking still exists, albeit in a decayed state in the years since the last race, escaping demolition in the 1990s.

Due to the decayed state of the keep, public access is restricted and netting has been erected to protect visitors.

Unless new money is provided expeditiously, valuable momentum will be lost and large stretches of riverfront will remain in their decayed state for years.

The former ammunition stores are still there, in a decayed state, and the rubble provides good habitats for reptiles.

The haunting cry of the wind was sharper here, thanks to the decayed state of the barn.

And reconstruction teams were also forced to improvise plans constantly because planners had not taken into account the decayed state of Iraq's infrastructure.