as in ruins
the state of being unattended to or not cared for
the old house was in such disrepair that the roof had caved in
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As a reminder, the Mission San Juan Capistrano tour ends at the ruins of what’s now called the Great Stone Church, which collapsed in an 1812 earthquake that killed 40 Acjachemen worshippers.
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The engineer flew in from Tampa to try and find her mother, sister, brother-in-law and nephew in the ruins of their nine-story apartment building, sleeping on the ground since arriving two nights ago.
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News of the abandonments has prompted outrage on social media, with many calling for the person to be prosecuted when caught.
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After a rash of abandonments led to infant deaths in the late 1990s, Texas became the first in the nation to pass a state law legalizing abandonment.
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Similar deteriorations took place in Tuscany and in Naples.
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“Disrepairs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disrepairs. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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