unrenovated

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adjective

Not renovated; not having undergone renovation.

OriginEnglish renovated ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunrenovated (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot 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
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    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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
unrebuilt

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishrenovated
  9. Englishunrenovated

From un- + renovated.

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APA

unrenovated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrenovated

MLA

“unrenovated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrenovated. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unrenovated,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrenovated.

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