Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

red-zone

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.62 in modern English

Syllables: red--zone
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To categorize as too damaged to repair, and requiring the owners to vacate (a property).

New Zealand usage

Example Sentences

"And in the event their land is red-zoned, at least they know they will ultimately get a new house under their AMI insurance policy."
"As a result of severe and recurrent liquefaction damage, and the infeasibility of timely and effective land repair, more than 7000 residential properties in Christchurch were red-zoned (designated as currently uneconomic to repair) and purchased by central government at a cost exceeding NZ$1.6 billion."
"His house in the Loop was red-zoned."

Etymology

From the system of classifying areas of Christchurch, New Zealand as red zone (irreparable), green zone (reparable), or orange zone (more investigation needed) after the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011.

Usage

New Zealand usage

Inflected Forms

red-zones (present, singular) red-zoning (participle, present) red-zoned (participle, past) red-zoned (past)

Questions

What does red-zone mean?: To categorize as too damaged to repair, and requiring the owners to vacate (a property).
Where does red-zone come from?: From the system of classifying areas of Christchurch, New Zealand as red zone (irreparable), green zone (reparable), or orange zone (more investigation needed) after the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011.

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