Continuing to water a lawn frequently and for just a few minutes encourages the grass roots to remain at the surface. When heat or wind or other stress shows up, the grass cannot handle it. Getting new grass to grow successfully and permanently means getting deep roots to grow.
The definition of decrepit is broken down by age, illness or hard use. An example of something decrepit is an old, abandoned house with shingles and paint that are falling off. broken down or worn out by old age, illness, or long use.
Originally, beginning in the late 13th century, a respite was a delay or extension asked for or granted for a specific reason-to give someone time to deliberate on a proposal, for example. Such a respite offered an opportunity for the kind of consideration inherent in the word's etymology. Respite traces from the Latin term respectus, which comes from a verb meaning, both literally and figuratively, to turn around to look at or to regard.