in a bad state of repair

in a bad state of repair
in good or bad condition

Most of the paintings are in good repair.

Thesaurus: in a bad conditionhyponym in good condition and not damagedsynonym
Main entry: repair

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in good, bad, etc. reˈpair | in a good, bad, etc. state of reˈpair idiom
(formal) in good, etc. condition

The house is not in good repair.

Main entry:repairidiom

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