Sentence examples for neglected upkeep from inspiring English sources

Of the hundreds of plazas that existed in 2000, Kayden found that 41percentt were of "marginal utility" -- or, as he puts it, "useless," due to reasons ranging from poor design to neglected upkeep.

The adjoining property owner has neglected the upkeep and maintenance of his septic system for a number of years.

Local communities neglected their upkeep, thus allowing them to silt up, fill with garbage, or generally crumble into ruin.

Gov. George W. Bush aggressively challenged Vice President Al Gore today on one of his signature issues, calling Mr. Gore's commitment to the environment into question by saying that the Clinton administration had seriously neglected the upkeep of national parks.

The British army had not fought in a major European war in over 20 years, and the government had badly neglected its upkeep.

I cursed the homeowner I had been for neglecting the upkeep of this place.

Having neglected the pumps' upkeep for too long, the S&WB is only now pursuing an $80 million emergency plan to revive them in time for next hurricane season, which starts any minute now.

It remains unclear what the Islamic State intends to do with it, but simply neglecting the required upkeep would potentially lead to large-scale structural failure.

While waiting for a complete overhaul, smaller renovations have been postponed for years and routine upkeep has been neglected, he said.

However, it first urgently required refurbishment; under the GDR, upkeep had been neglected and the plumbing facilities, for example, dated in part to the 1920s.

In the north, white people stopped going to public pools in such large numbers that cities neglected to invest in their upkeep.