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countable and uncountable, plural disrepairs
The state of being in poor condition, in need of repair. quotations examples
All the A.C.V. four-wheel diesel railbuses are now stored in seeming disrepair at Derby Friargate.
1962 January, “Motive Power Miscellany: London Midland Region: Midland Lines”, in Modern Railways, page 59
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.
2017 January 20, Donald Trump, Inauguration speech
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.
2023 October 18, 'Industry Insider', “High speed abandoned”, in RAIL, number 994, page 68
third-person singular simple present disrepairs, present participle disrepairing, simple past and past participle disrepaired
(intransitive, rare) To get into a state of disrepair. quotations
The house was disrepairing before your very eyes.
1971, John Oliver Killens, The Cotillion, Or, One Good Bull is Half the Herd