as in neglect
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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Recent Examples of disrepair
Now located on Santa Barbara Drive, the 1970s-era building has become difficult to use, and department personnel are dealing with frequent disruptions and disrepair, such as a recent electrical fire and sewage backups, officials said.
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Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 22 Mar. 2026
Structures, like people, can fall into disrepair and even become a health and safety hazard if they are ignored for too long.
—Jennifer N. Pritzker, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, his house is in an almost cartoonish state of disrepair and falling down around him, while his attempts to upgrade his furniture leads him to buy a shabby armchair on Craigslist that was previously occupied by a comatose, and incontinent, old lady.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2026
The new detention center will ultimately replace the current county detention center in downtown Kansas City, which is more than four decades old, has fallen into partial disrepair and has long been plagued by unsafe overcrowding and allegations of abuse and mismanagement.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2026
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Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 22 Mar. 2026
Structures, like people, can fall into disrepair and even become a health and safety hazard if they are ignored for too long.
—Jennifer N. Pritzker, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, his house is in an almost cartoonish state of disrepair and falling down around him, while his attempts to upgrade his furniture leads him to buy a shabby armchair on Craigslist that was previously occupied by a comatose, and incontinent, old lady.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2026
The new detention center will ultimately replace the current county detention center in downtown Kansas City, which is more than four decades old, has fallen into partial disrepair and has long been plagued by unsafe overcrowding and allegations of abuse and mismanagement.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disrepair
Noun
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Serious Medical and Emotional Neglect Turner said Kaiko arrived in poor health, suffering from multiple medical issues and signs of prolonged neglect.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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The law also explicitly states that allowing a reasonably capable child to walk to school or travel to a nearby park unsupervised does not, by itself, constitute neglect.—
Stephen Johnson,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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Hurricane Katrina accelerated the building’s dilapidation, and in 2019 it was demolished.—
Clint Smith,
The Atlantic,
25 Feb. 2026
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The whole place is marked by decay and dilapidation.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Built in 1948, the bridge is not as old as others in the city, but the concrete is in bad condition as a result of years of deterioration and weather, said Keith Echternach, DPW program manager of Bridge Design.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
1 Apr. 2026
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Years of economic deterioration have tipped into something more acute.—
Thomas E. Franklin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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The approaching Easter holiday often means an increase in the purchase and gifting of live rabbits, and a resulting spike in abandonments.—
Sharon Chin,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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In spite of a seismic crossing of the technological Rubicon, an abandonment of the centuries-old deference to the naked eye, a codifying and calcifying of the most atomic-level building block of the sport, baseball mostly just looked like baseball.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Disrepair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disrepair. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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