unrenovated en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English renovated English unrenovated From un- + renovated.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not renovated; not having undergone renovation.
With much of the building unrenovated since it was built in the 19th century, there is a significant backlog of repairs estimated to be in excess of £1bn.
2020 November 18, Mike Brown tells Paul Stephen, “I wasn't going to let the Mayor down”, in Rail, page 45:At three tenement buildings on West 107th Street last weekend, buyers shuffled past one another […] to look at newly renovated two-bedroom apartments in otherwise unrenovated buildings.
2009 January 18, Josh Barbanel, “For the Brave, the Moment Is Now”, in New York Times: