UNREPAIRED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unrepaired mean? 

• UNREPAIRED (adjective)
  The adjective UNREPAIRED has 1 sense:

1. unserviceable because necessary repairs have not been made

  Familiarity information: UNREPAIRED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNREPAIRED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unserviceable because necessary repairs have not been made

Similar:

unserviceable (not ready for service)

 Context examples 

Chloroquinoxaline sulfonamide poisons topoisomerase II alpha and topoisomerase II beta, thereby causing double-stranded breaks in DNA, accumulation of unrepaired DNA, and apoptosis.

(Chloroquinoxaline sulfonamide, NCI Thesaurus)

If left unrepaired, base pair miscoding can result in mutation to one of the daughter DNA duplexes.

(Base Pair Miscoding, NCI Thesaurus)

There was little difficulty in entering the grounds, for unrepaired breaches gaped in the old park wall.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)