verwahrlosen

v/i

1. Haus etc.: be (oder get) neglected; stärker: go to rack and ruin; Garten: be (oder get) neglected, run wild

2. Person: go to seed; moralisch: go off the rails; er verwahrlost immer mehr he’s letting himself go more and more

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ver|wahr|lo|sen [fɛɐ'vaːɐloːzn] ptp verwahrlost

vi aux sein

to go to seed, to go to pot (inf); (Gebäude auch) to fall into disrepair, to become dilapidated; (Park) to become neglected; (Mensch) to let oneself go, to neglect oneself; (= verwildern) to run wild; (= auf die schiefe Bahn geraten) to get into bad habits

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ver·wahr·lo·sen *

[fɛɐ̯ˈva:ɐ̯lo:zn̩]

vi Hilfsverb: sein to get into a bad state; Grundstück, Gebäude to fall into disrepair, to become dilapidated; Mensch to let oneself go, to go to pot, to run to seed fam

völlig \verwahrlosen to go to rack [or esp AM wrack] and ruin

▪ etw \verwahrlosen lassen to let sth fall into disrepair [or become dilapidated], to neglect sth

▪ verwahrlost dilapidated

ein verwahrloster Garten a neglected [or an overgrown] garden

verwahrloste Kleidung ragged [or BRIT tatty] [or tattered] clothes

ein verwahrloster Mensch an unkempt person, a scruff BRIT fam

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intransitives Verb; mit sein

1) get in a bad state; <house, building> fall into disrepair, become dilapidated; <garden, hedge> grow wild, become overgrown; <person> let oneself go, (coll.) go to pot

etwas verwahrlosen lassen — neglect something; allow something to get in a bad state

2) (sittlich verwahrlosen) fall into bad ways

[sittlich] verwahrlost — depraved

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verwahrlosen v/i

1. Haus etc: be (oder get) neglected; stärker: go to rack and ruin; Garten: be (oder get) neglected, run wild

2. Person: go to seed; moralisch: go off the rails;

er verwahrlost immer mehr he’s letting himself go more and more

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intransitives Verb; mit sein

1) get in a bad state; <house, building> fall into disrepair, become dilapidated; <garden, hedge> grow wild, become overgrown; <person> let oneself go, (coll.) go to pot

etwas verwahrlosen lassen — neglect something; allow something to get in a bad state

2) (sittlich verwahrlosen) fall into bad ways

[sittlich] verwahrlost — depraved