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Run-down   /rˈəndˈaʊn/   Listen
Run-down

adjective
1.
Worn and broken down by hard use.  Synonyms: creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, woebegone.  "A decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape" , "A flea-bitten sofa" , "A run-down neighborhood" , "A woebegone old shack"
2.
Having the spring unwound.





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"Run-down" Quotes from Famous Books



... as she stood slipping the gold beads slowly through her fingers. How good everyone was to her; for the first time some understanding of the bright side even of sickness—and she had not been really sick, only run-down—and, yes, she had been cross and horrid, lots of times—came ...
— The S. W. F. Club • Caroline E. Jacobs
... chance," was the indignant answer. "Undoubtedly millions and millions have been killed in the last fifty years. Takes time to build up, too! Only one baby seal is born at a time. A run-down herd can't increase so very fast. But we're getting ...
— The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries • Francis Rolt-Wheeler
... his word, for, when Jack visited him for a medical opinion on his run-down health, he was ready with the certificate which was to obtain six months' leave for him ...
— Banked Fires • E. W. (Ethel Winifred) Savi
... 5th of July; I called a doctor but did not receive any benefit from him. I was going into quick consumption. Had a terrible cough, raised a great deal of phlegm; had pain through chest, was very weak and all run-down." I told my husband to get a bottle of "Golden Medical Discovery;" he did so; I commenced taking it and I began to get better. I was not outside of the door yard, from July 5th, until August 22d. I only took two bottles, and the first of September I was able to do the ...
— The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English • R. V. Pierce
... JIM,—I have nothing of importance to say, except that I am to be operated on tomorrow and hope for the best, for Dr. Will Mayo is to do the operating, and I am not in a very run-down condition. ...
— The Letters of Franklin K. Lane • Franklin K. Lane


Words linked to "Run-down" :   creaky, worn, malfunctioning, woebegone, flea-bitten, nonfunctional


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