unrepairn.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈpɛː/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈpɛ(ə)r/ Lack of repair; disrepair.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > disrepair
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permissive waste1703
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unrepair1843
1843 W. M. Thackeray Irish Sketch-bk. II. xii. 225 A dismal state of unrepair.
1873 Daily News 5 Mar. 2/4 He might send them to sea in a condition of unrepair, both as to equipment and hull.
1886 American 13 57 Everywhere the combined efforts of ill-construction and unrepair are visible.
1907 Munic. Jrnl. & Engineer 6 Nov. 518/1 Comparisons of costs of maintenance in different cities are absolutely worthless unless the conditions of unrepair are the same.
1976 Daily News (Port Angeles, Washington) 19 Jan. 9/1 He has three baseball fields in various stages of unrepair.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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