disrepair

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
13
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˌdɪs.ɹɪˈpɛə(ɹ)/ (UK)
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/ˌdɪs.ɹɪˈpɛə(ɹ)/ (UK) · /ˌdɪs.ɹɪˈpɛɚ/ (US)

Definition of disrepair

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The state of being in poor condition, in need of repair.
    “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.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The state of being in poor condition, in need of repair.
    “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.”

verb

  1. (intransitive, rare)To get into a state of disrepair.
    “The house was disrepairing before your very eyes.”

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Etymology

From dis- + repair.

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