as in disrepair
the state of being unattended to or not cared for
the general seediness of the neighborhood suggested that its residents had no pride in the place they called home
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disrepair
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The company in February 2016 had torn down the three historic Green Gables apartments, built in 1927 by architect Nelle Peters, after the buildings, west of the Country Club Plaza, had fallen into disrepair.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
30 Sep. 2025 -
In this week’s issue, Jon Lee Anderson, a New Yorker staff writer who lived in Havana thirty years ago and wrote a biography of Che Guevara, reports that the island has fallen into disrepair in the years since the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Caroline Mimbs Nyce,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Seediness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seediness. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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