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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Before the work started, he and Defrancesco married at their newly purchased but very much unrenovated residence, in front of the “monumental fireplace” with just 40 guests in attendance.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
When the family lived in the unrenovated house, Bridget says they could really only entertain in the backyard.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 30, 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
If it went to market in its smaller, unrenovated state, it might sell for $1.25 million, Ms. Montano said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2016
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
