disrepair
Example Sentences
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Much of Venezuela’s oil industry is in disrepair, like this broken oil pipeline over Lake Maracaibo.
From Los Angeles Times
Around him were additional signs of disrepair: an X-ray examination board without a functioning backlight, and a dust-covered ultraviolet sterilization machine that hadn’t worked in months.
From Los Angeles Times
By the 2010s, the military was less than half its Cold War size and much of its weaponry and equipment were in disrepair.
Years of decay have left oil fields, pipelines and refineries in disrepair, with investors wary of sinking large sums and signing deals with a government led by Rodríguez that is widely viewed as illegitimate.
Lebanon is dotted with derelict buildings, and many inhabited structures are in an advanced state of disrepair.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
