run-down

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run-down

The old watch is run-down and no longer keeps time.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • In poor physical condition; worn out or exhausted: Describes a person who is very tired, lacking energy, or in poor health.
    • In a state of disrepair; dilapidated: Describes a building, area, or object that is old, broken, and in very bad condition.
    • (Of a mechanism, especially a clock or watch) having the spring unwound; no longer functioning due to lack of energy.
Examples of Usage
  • Adjective:
    • After working three consecutive night shifts, she felt completely run-down and needed to rest.
    • They bought a run-down house in the old quarter and spent years renovating it.
    • The old pocket watch was run-down and wouldn't tick anymore.
Advanced Usage
  • "to be/feel run-down": to feel physically exhausted and unwell, often as a precursor to illness.
    • If you're feeling run-down, you should get more sleep and take some vitamins.
  • Used attributively to describe the state of an area or system.
    • The government has plans to regenerate the run-down industrial district.
Variants and Related Words
  • Run down (phrasal verb): To lose power or stop functioning; to criticize someone or something repeatedly; to hit someone with a vehicle.
    • The battery has run down. (lost power)
    • He's always running down his colleagues. (criticizing)
  • Running down (noun, gerund): The act or process of reducing operations or scaling something back.
    • The running down of the factory led to many job losses.
Synonyms
  • Dilapidated: (for buildings/objects) in a state of disrepair or ruin.
  • Decrepit: worn out or ruined because of age or neglect.
  • Exhausted: (for people) drained of strength or energy.
  • Seedy: (for areas) dirty and unpleasant, possibly from lack of care.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Run down: As a phrasal verb, it is written with a space and has distinct meanings from the adjective "run-down".
    • Please don't run down your own achievements; you did a great job. (belittle)
    • The police are trying to run down the source of the information. (trace, find)
Related Idioms
  • To look/feel run-down: A common idiom describing a state of fatigue or poor health.
    • You look run-down; are you getting enough sleep?
run-down

The old watch is run-down and no longer keeps time.

Adjective
  1. having the spring unwound
    • a run-down watch
  2. 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

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