different between disrepair vs undermaintain

English

Etymology

dis- +? repair

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?s.???p??(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?s.???p??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

disrepair (countable and uncountable, plural disrepairs)

1. The state of being in poor condition, in need of repair.
   • 20 January 2017, Donald Trump, Inauguration Speech

     We've defended other nations' borders while refusing to defend our own; And spent trillions and trillions of dollars overseas while America's infrastructure has fallen into disrepair and decay.

   The sewing machine is in disrepair.

   The house had fallen into such disrepair that no agent would show it to buyers.

Synonyms

• unrepair

Translations

Verb

disrepair (third-person singular simple present disrepairs, present participle disrepairing, simple past and past participle disrepaired)

1. (intransitive, rare) To get into a state of disrepair.
   • 1971, John Oliver Killens, The Cotillion, Or, One Good Bull is Half the Herd

     The house was disrepairing before your very eyes.

English

Etymology

under- +? maintain

Verb

undermaintain (third-person singular simple present undermaintains, present participle undermaintaining, simple past and past participle undermaintained)

1. (transitive) To maintain inadequately; to allow to fall into disrepair.