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disrepair

noun
/ˌdɪs.ɹɪˈpɛə(ɹ)/UK/ˌdɪs.ɹɪˈpɛɚ/US

Etymology

From dis- + repair.

  1. derived from reparō
  2. derived from reparer
  3. inherited from repairen
  4. prefixed as disrepair — “dis + repair”

Definitions

  1. The state of being in poor condition, in need of repair.

    • The sewing machine is in disrepair.
    • The house had fallen into such disrepair that no agent would show it to buyers.

  2. To get into a state of disrepair.

    • The house was disrepairing before your very eyes.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at disrepair. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01disrepair02repair03indemnify04loss05ruined06ruin07dilapidated

A definitional loop anchored at disrepair. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at disrepair

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA