Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

antirepair

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-tire-pair
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Preventing or opposing the repair of equipment.

adj

Inhibiting the repair of damaged DNA.

Example Sentences

"Under existing antitrust doctrine, there are four distinct legal theories that could be used to target these antirepair policies."
"an antirepair pathway"
"an antirepair effect"
"The increased levels of mature miRNAs could play a role in the DNA damage response by (1) decreasing the levels of antirepair genes (such as the antirecombinases, Srs2, PARI, RTEL1 [122]) (2) downregulating DDR proteins through a feedback regulation loop to restore pre-DNA damage levels."

Etymology

From anti- + repair.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: anti

Questions

What does antirepair mean?: Preventing or opposing the repair of equipment.
Where does antirepair come from?: From anti- + repair.

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