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run-down

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adjshabby, in bad shape

Word Origin & History

1866, of persons, with reference to health, from verbal phrase, from run (v.) + down (adv.). From 1896 of places; 1894 of clocks. Earliest sense is "oppressed" (1680s).

Example Sentences for run-down

You've got no business in a run-down place like this— you with your fine clothes and your fine airs.

It's the sleaziest, cheapest, most run-down tenement in one hemisphere, but I love it.

We are compelled to make our living and hers out of this run-down farm.

The run-down farm was a hopeless sideline that supported the family.

Her trouble is a run-down, but the serious complication ...

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Synonyms for run-down

adj shabby, in bad shape

broken-down
crumbling
decrepit
derelict
deserted
desolate
dilapidated
dingy
neglected
ramshackle
rickety
seedy
tacky
abandoned
beat-up
below par
debilitated
dog-eared
down-at-the-heel
drained
enervated
exhausted
fatigued
forsaken
frowzy
in a bad way
old
out of condition
peaked
ratty
tattered
tired
tumble-down
uncared-for
under the weather
unhealthy
untended
used up
weak
weary
worn-out

Antonyms for run-down

nice
populated
sound
stable
used
OK
fresh
good
healthy

More words related to run-down

account

noun. written description of past events

ABCs
annal
blow by blow
bulletin
chronicle
detail
explanation
history
lowdown
make
narration
narrative
play by play
recital
report
run-down
score
story
tab
take
tale
the picture
the whole picture
version

accounts

noun. written description of past events

ABCs
annal
blow by blow
bulletin
chronicle
detail
explanation
history
lowdown
make
narration
narrative
play by play
recital
report
run-down
score
story
tab
take
tale
the picture
the whole picture
version

bedraggled

adjective. unkempt

decrepit
dilapidated
dirty
disheveled
disordered
dowdy
drenched
dripping
faded
messy
muddied
muddy
run-down
seedy
shabby
sloppy
slovenly
sodden
soiled
stained
sullied
tacky
tattered
threadbare
untidy
wet

broken

adjective. not working

busted
coming unglued
coming unstuck
defective
disabled
down
exhausted
fallen apart
faulty
feeble
gone
gone to pieces
gone to pot
haywire
imperfect
in disrepair
in need of repair
in the shop
inoperable
kaput
not functioning
on the blink
on the fritz
on the shelf
out
out of commission
out of kilter
out of order
out of whack
ruined
run-down
screwed up
shot
spent
unsatisfactory
weak
wracked
wrecked

broken-down

adjective. dilapidated

battered
bedraggled
decrepit
deteriorated
falling apart
in disrepair
infirm
neglected
old
ramshackle
run-down
seedy
shabby
threadbare
unsound

damaged

adjective. broken, not working

beat-up
bent
blemished
busted
dinged
down
flawed
flubbed
fouled up
glitched
gone
hurt
impaired
imperfect
in need of repair
in poor condition
in smithereens
injured
kaput
loused up
marred
messed up
mucked up
no go
on the blink
on the fritz
out of action
out of kilter
out of whack
run-down
screwed up
shot
snafued
spoiled
sunk
totaled
unsound

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