disrepair
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
disrepair
- The state of being in poor condition, in need of repair.
- 20 January 2017, Donald Trump, Inauguration Speech
- We've defended other nations' borders while refusing to defend our own; And spent trillions and trillions of dollars overseas while America's infrastructure has fallen into disrepair and decay.
- The sewing machine is in disrepair.
- The house had fallen into such disrepair that no agent would show it to buyers.
- 20 January 2017, Donald Trump, Inauguration Speech
disrepair (disrepairs, present participle disrepairing; past and past participle disrepaired)
- (intransitive, rare) To get into a state of disrepair.
- 1971, John Oliver Killens, The Cotillion, Or, One Good Bull is Half the Herd ↗
- The house was disrepairing before your very eyes.
- 1971, John Oliver Killens, The Cotillion, Or, One Good Bull is Half the Herd ↗
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