disrepairs

plural of disrepair
as in ruins
the state of being unattended to or not cared for the old house was in such disrepair that the roof had caved in

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ruins
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  • But on that record, even the happiest songs had a kind of love-among-the-ruins feel, where the romanticism seemed hard-fought.
    Liz Schubauer, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The colt doesn’t know the racetrack he was bred for – the pride of Ruidoso – lies in ruins for the second year running, gutted by floodwaters that turned familiar dirt into a sucking bog of mud.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Disrepairs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disrepairs. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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