Nonmaintenance

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Failure to maintain something. uncountable

    "The Kosi canal system has become defunct due to siltation and nonmaintenance."

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"The Kosi canal system has become defunct due to siltation and nonmaintenance."

Etymology

From non- + maintenance.

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