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unrepair

[ uhn-ri-pair ]

noun

  1. lack of repair; disrepair; dilapidation:

    in a state of unrepair.



unrepair

/ ˌʌ԰ɪˈɛə /

noun

  1. a less common word for disrepair
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Derived Forms

  • ˌܲ԰ˈ貹, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܲr·貹 adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of unrepair1

First recorded in 1870–75; un- 1 + repair 1
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Example Sentences

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Unrepair, un-rē-pār′, n. an unsound state.—adj.

From

His farm went to ruin and unrepair.

From every point of vantage the steeples of Notre Dame de Noyon add the one ingredient which makes a unity of the entire ensemble,—a true old-world atmosphere, a town seen in not too apparent a state of unrepair and certainly not a degenerate.

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The place was indeed in a state of unrepair.

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Learning all but disappeared; the useful arts were little cultivated; cities fell into decay and the roads that bound them together were left in unrepair; the life of the time, barren alike in hovel and castle, was supported by the crude labor of a servile class.

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