Meaning of Disrepair | Babel Free

Definitions

The state of being in poor condition, in need of repair.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The sewing machine is in disrepair.”

“The house had fallen into such disrepair that no agent would show⟳ it to buyers.”

“Caleb would have⟳ said something of the disrepair of the chamber, but was silenced by the irritable impatience which was expressed in his master's countenance; he lighted the way trembling and in silence, placed the lamp on the table of the deserted room, and was about to attempt⟳ some arrangement of the bed, when his master bid him begone in a tone that admitted of no delay⟳.”

“As Janet went back and forth, she was struck by the surprising charm that the old house showed within, quite out of keeping with its littered door-yard and outward disrepair. The white woodwork had gone long unpainted, it was true, and the floors were worn and uneven, but there was an airy spaciousness in the rooms, a comfortable dignity in the old mahogany furniture, and the grace of real beauty in the curved white staircase with its dark, polished rail.”

“All the A.C.V. four-wheel diesel railbuses are now stored in seeming disrepair at Derby Friargate.”

“We've defended other nations' borders while refusing to defend⟳ our own⟳, and spent trillions and trillions of dollars overseas while America's infrastructure has fallen into disrepair and decay.”

“The overriding reason⟳ that the public estate - be it roads, hospitals or schools - has fallen into disrepair is the continuing lack of economic growth, which has meant no budget can be found to keep⟳ assets in a good state of repair⟳.”

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