Disrepair

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disrepair \Dis`re*pair"\, n.
     A state of being in bad condition, and needing repair.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The fortifications were ancient and in disrepair. --Sir
                                                    W. Scott.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disrepair
       n : in need of repairs

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  52 Moby Thesaurus words for "disrepair":
     bankruptcy, breakage, breakdown, collapse, crack-up, crippling,
     damage, decay, destruction, deterioration, detriment, dilapidation,
     disablement, encroachment, functionlessness, harm, hobbling, hurt,
     hurting, impairment, inapplicability, incapacitation, infringement,
     injury, inoperability, inoperativeness, inroad, inutility, loss,
     maiming, mayhem, mischief, mutilation, needlessness, otiosity,
     ruin, ruination, ruinousness, sabotage, scathe, sickening,
     spoiling, superfluousness, unemployability, unfitness,
     unhelpfulness, unnecessity, unserviceability, unsuitability,
     unusability, uselessness, weakening