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disrepair

[dis-ri-pair] / ˌdɪs rɪˈpɛər /
NOUN
state of deterioration
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Disrepair in NHS buildings led to thousands of potentially-harmful incidents last year including critically-ill patients being moved when rainfall came through the ceiling.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2024

Disrepair and neglect have caused still more to close in just the last decade, making the newly-renovated Algin Sutton pool in South L.A. a rare, $17-million exception to the rule.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2021

Disrepair, dis-re-pār′, n. state of being out of repair.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various




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