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 , woebegone ]

  2. having the spring unwound; a run-down watch'

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