Definition of disrepair
:the state of being in need of repair
- a building fallen into disrepair
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Examples of disrepair in a Sentence
The lighthouse was in disrepair until the volunteers cleaned it up.
After years of neglect, the house fell into disrepair.
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But the bridge is in disrepair and has been closed since 2015.
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Parade grounds in Nuremberg where Hitler held massive rallies lie in disrepair.
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Built in the late 1980s, Bub Williamson Park is underused and in disrepair, with splintered wooden bleachers and ragged ballfields.
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The New Granada Theater, originally built as a fraternal lodge and designed by Louis A. S. Bellinger, one of Pittsburgh’s first African-American architects, has been in disrepair for years.
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Rio is not the only city to see its Olympic monuments fall into disuse and disrepair.
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The farmhouse spent many years in disrepair, deteriorating after Wood's grandparents left in the early '80s and a series of tenants moved in.
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Many of the dilapidated buildings that made up what was originally an applesauce-canning facility constructed in 1939 had fallen into complete disrepair when Aldridge stepped up in 2005.
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The Vaqueros’ inaugural season in 2014 was housed at LaGrave Field, which now lies vacant and in disrepair.
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First Known Use of disrepair
1798
disrepair Synonyms
Synonyms
desolation, dilapidation, neglect, seedinessAntonyms
keeping, repairRelated Words
inattention, negligence; abandonment, desertion; decay, decrepitude, dereliction, deterioration, disintegration, dumpiness, ruin, ruinationNear Antonyms
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