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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Disrepair \Dis're*pair"\, noun A state of being in bad condition, and needing repair.
The fortifications were ancient and in disrepair. --Sir W. Scott.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
disrepair
noun: 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
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