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run-down

run-down

2 definitions found for run-down

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :

  run-down
      adj 1: worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a
             decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction
             tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood";
             "a woebegone old shack" [syn: creaky, decrepit,
             derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone]
      2: having the spring unwound; "a run-down watch"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "rundown":
     airmanship, brief, briefing, core, essence, flight plan,
     flying lessons, gist, main point, meat, pilot training, pilotship,
     pith, recap, recapitulation, resume, run-through, substance, sum,
     sum and substance, summary, summation, washout