disrepair
/dɪsrɪˈpɛː
/noun [mass noun]
Poor condition of a building or structure due to neglect: the station gradually fell into disrepair...
- Many years of neglect allowed parts of the structure to fall into disrepair.
- The main reasons for the poor condition of houses were disrepair and dampness.
- The mill buildings fell into disrepair and became a favourite meeting-place for gangs of teenagers in Westbury.
Synonyms
dilapidation, decrepitude, shabbiness, ruin, ruination, rack and ruin, ricketiness;
deterioration, decay, degeneration, collapse;
abandonment, neglect, disuse
- over-slow
- overslung
- oversman
- oversmoke
- oversoar
- oversold
- oversolicitous
- oversolicitude
- over someone's head
- oversoul
- oversow
- oversown
- overspan
- overspanning
- oversparred
- overspeak
- overspeaking
- overspecialise
- overspecialization
- overspecialize
- overspecific
- overspecification
- overspecify
- overspeed
- overspeeding