renovate
verb (used with object)
to restore to good condition; make new or as if new again; repair.
unrenovated
-
a word derived from
renovate.
Example Sentences
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People in poorer areas, who are more likely to live in unrenovated buildings and without easy access to green spaces, are particularly affected.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 18, 2022
As sirens and flashing lights permeate her unrenovated sanctuary, she leaves lengthy, confessional voice-mail messages for her pharmacy that Blanche DuBois might find ludicrously over-the-top.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2022
In 1989, he and his wife, the artist Joanne Howard, bought an unrenovated 1870 Victorian on a ½-acre in Nyack for $1.22 million, according to public records.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2015
Mr. Zimlichman took a quick look at his place, No. 6N, an unrenovated sponsor unit.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2012
The Hôtel de la Garonne was in a small unrenovated street in which the cobble-stones of old Paris still flourished, lying between the Avenue de l'Opéra and the Place de la Bourse.
From The Tragic Muse by Henry James
