nonrepair

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English

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Etymology

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From non- +‎ repair.

Noun

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nonrepair (uncountable)

  1. Absence of repair; failure to repair something.
    • 1937, David Stewart Edgar, Cases on the Law of Torts, page 652:
      Stipulations between a landlord and tenant, determining which shall bear a loss arising from nonrepair or misrepair of the tenement, and which shall be immune, are not matters of public concern.