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modern ruins

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables
mod-ern ru-ins
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The remains of architecture and infrastructure built in the recent past, generally from the 19th century onward, that have been abandoned or fallen into disrepair due to processes like urban decay, deindustrialization, or economic collapse.

Inflected Forms

modern ruin (singular)

Questions

What does modern ruins mean?
The remains of architecture and infrastructure built in the recent past, generally from the 19th century onward, that have been abandoned or fallen into disrepair due to processes like urban decay, deindustrialization, or economic collapse.

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