Crossword Genius

Our uni's shockingly dilapidated (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ruinous

'dilapidated' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'our uni's shockingly' is the wordplay.
'shockingly' indicates an anagram.
'our'+'unis'='ourunis'
'ourunis' anagrammed gives 'RUINOUS'.

(Other definitions for ruinous that I've seen before include "Catastrophic" , "Disastrous, destructive" , "Broken down" , "Calamitous, crippling" , "causing harm?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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