unrepaired

Examples

• All

• After the accident, his car sat unrepaired in the driveway for quite some time.

• Did that damage go unrepaired for almost two decades?

  Academic text (2010)

• "If a window in a building is broken and left unrepaired," they wrote, "all the rest of the windows will soon be broken."

  Academic text (2004)

• The damage had been left unrepaired.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The yellow map pins are where the leaks are unrepaired and the Reds are where they were repaired the previous year.

• In the first hypothetical situation in Activity II, Bill and Mary Jones encountered a problem with an unrepaired water heater and decided to move out of the apartment.

  Academic text (1991)

• The highways go unrepaired and unimproved through the year 2006, which guarantees customers for the toll roads because the unrepaired highways are dangerous and clotted with traffic six hours a day.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The damage from the storm left many homes unrepaired for months after the disaster.

• The city's potholes went unrepaired, making driving increasingly difficult for residents.

Synonyms

U

unpatched

vsunrepaired

5.5

A piece of clothing that has a tear or hole not mended

refers to any necessary repair left undone, not only small fixes

U

unrestored

vsunrepaired

5.0

Left in its original condition without repairs

focuses on needed repairs rather than full historical restoration

U

unmended

vsunrepaired

6.7

Not fixed or healed after damage, for example a torn shirt and a broken friendship

means physical damage awaiting repair rather than healing or recovery

U

unrectified

vsunrepaired

8.2

A mistake or problem that has not been fixed

applies more to practical repair needs than to formal correction alone

U

unremedied

vsunrepaired

7.2

A problem or mistake that is not fixed

is about physical items needing repair rather than abstract problems

U

unredressed

vsunrepaired

• Formal

9.3

Not made right after a wrong or unfair action

concerns physical damage needing repair rather than correcting injustices

How Repaired

patched

• Specialized

4.3

unrepaired

1 5.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology