Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
disrepair
(noun) in need of repairs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
disrepair (countable and uncountable, plural disrepairs)
The state of being in poor condition, in need of repair.
• unrepair
disrepair (third-person singular simple present disrepairs, present participle disrepairing, simple past and past participle disrepaired)
(intransitive, rare) To get into a state of disrepair.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis`re*pair", n.
Definition: A state of being in bad condition, and wanting repair. The fortifications were ancient and in disrepair. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 June 2025
(adverb) in a dispirited manner without hope; “the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.