run-down
Collocations
5ADJ.
little, tired
VERB + RUN-DOWN
give, house, lived, looks, place, renovated, transformed
RUN-DOWN + NOUN
cabin, condition, hulks, people, road, victorian
PREP.
from, in, in
ADV.
badly
Definitions
adj
Tired and exhausted.
Decrepit.
The task was made trebly difficult, however, by the badly run-down condition in which the railways of Britain had been unavoidably left at the end of the war in 1945, […].
In the Seventies the system was run-down and demoralised. Road transport was the future, the Underground was being 'managed for decline', and the system was filthier than the streets above.
Having the spring unwound.
noun
Alternative form of rundown.
Shepard: Give me a run-down of the damage. Avina: We have lost all primary power to the level. Environmental controls are not responding. Class three fires are burning in sectors 2, 3, 6 and 7. Civilian casualties are high.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — worn and broken down by hard use
- creaky
- decrepit
- derelict
- flea-bitten
- woebegone
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6The task was made trebly difficult, however, by the badly run-down condition in which the railways of Britain had been unavoidably left at the end of the war in 1945, […].
WiktionaryIn the Seventies the system was run-down and demoralised. Road transport was the future, the Underground was being 'managed for decline', and the system was filthier than the streets above.
WiktionaryAmong its findings, the report says: "In recent years we have seen more stations transformed from run-down Victorian hulks, or spartan bus-sheltered platforms, into places that people can take pride i
WiktionaryShepard: Give me a run-down of the damage. Avina: We have lost all primary power to the level. Environmental controls are not responding. Class three fires are burning in sectors 2, 3, 6 and 7. Civili
WiktionaryThis city may be a little run-down, but the people living here are all kind, and will welcome anyone with open arms.
Tatoeba · #1495460The house is run-down.
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