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run-down
run-down
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run-down
WORDS RELATED TO
RUN-DOWN
on the blink
adjective
not working continuously
bonkers
broken
busted
defective
disabled
down
fallen apart
faulty
gone to pieces
haywire
in disrepair
in need of repair
in the shop
inoperable
kaput
kerflooey
not functioning
not working
on the fritz
on the shelf
out
out of commission
out of kilter
out of order
out of whack
run-down
shot
spent
wrecked
pooped
adjective
tired
beat
burned out
bushed
collapsing
dead on one's feet
dog-tired
done for
done in
drained
drooping
drowsy
enervated
exhausted
fatigued
fried
out of gas
overworked
played out
run ragged
run-down
shot
sleepy
spent
tuckered out
wasted
weary
worn out
rationalization
noun
account
ABCs
annal
blow by blow
bulletin
chronicle
detail
explanation
history
justification
lowdown
make
narration
narrative
play by play
rationale
reason
recital
report
run-down
score
story
tab
take
tale
the picture
the whole picture
version
schlocky
adjective
shoddy
base
broken-down
cheap
cheesy
common
dilapidated
dingy
discreditable
disgraceful
dishonorable
disreputable
gaudy
ignominious
inferior
inglorious
junky
lousy
makeshift
mean
miserable
not up to snuff
paltry
plastic
poor
pretentious
rotten
run-down
scruffy
second-rate
seedy
shabby
shady
shameful
sleazy
slipshod
tacky
tawdry
trashy
unrespectable
scrubby
adjective
shabby
all the worse for wear
bare
bedraggled
broken-down
crummy
cure
decayed
decaying
decrepit
degenerated
desolate
deteriorated
deteriorating
dilapidated
dingy
disfigured
disreputable
dog-eared
down-at-heel
faded
frayed
gone to seed
mangy
meager
mean
miserable
moth-eaten
neglected
pitiful
poor
pot
poverty-stricken
ragged
ramshackle
ratty
rickety
ruined
ruinous
run-down
rundown
scruffy
seedy
shoddy
sleazy
slipshod
squalid
tacky
tattered
tatty
threadbare
tired
worn
worn-out
worse for wear
wretched
scruffy
adjective
rough, bedraggled
badly groomed
frowzy
mangy
messy
ragged
run-down
seedy
shabby
slovenly
tacky
tattered
threadbare
ungroomed
unkempt
untidy
shabbier
adjective
broken-down; in poor shape
bare
bedraggled
crummy
decayed
decaying
decrepit
degenerated
desolate
deteriorated
deteriorating
dilapidated
dingy
disfigured
disreputable
dog-eared
faded
frayed
gone to seed
mangy
meager
mean
miserable
moth-eaten
neglected
pitiful
poor
poverty-stricken
ragged
ramshackle
ratty
rickety
ruined
ruinous
run-down
scrubby
scruffy
seedy
shoddy
sleazy
slipshod
squalid
tacky
tattered
threadbare
tired
worn
worn-out
worse for wear
wretched
shabby
adjective
broken-down; in poor shape
bare
bedraggled
crummy
decayed
decaying
decrepit
degenerated
desolate
deteriorated
deteriorating
dilapidated
dingy
disfigured
disreputable
dog-eared
faded
frayed
gone to seed
mangy
meager
mean
miserable
moth-eaten
neglected
pitiful
poor
poverty-stricken
ragged
ramshackle
ratty
rickety
ruined
ruinous
run-down
scrubby
scruffy
seedy
shoddy
sleazy
slipshod
squalid
tacky
tattered
threadbare
tired
worn
worn-out
worse for wear
wretched
shoddy
adjective
in bad shape
base
broken-down
cheap
cheesy
common
dilapidated
dingy
discreditable
disgraceful
dishonorable
disreputable
gaudy
ignominious
inferior
inglorious
junky
makeshift
mean
not up to snuff
paltry
plastic
poor
pretentious
run-down
scruffy
second-rate
seedy
shabby
shady
shameful
sleazy
slipshod
tacky
tawdry
trashy
unrespectable
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terrene
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[te-
reen
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uh
-,
ter
-een ]
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