Run-down

Quick meaning: Run-down is an adjective meaning (of a person) Tired and exhausted.

Meaning

(of a person) Tired and exhausted.

More Meanings

1. (of a place) Decrepit.
2. (of a clockwork mechanism) Having the spring unwound.
3. Alternative form of rundown.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

Among 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 in, feel comfortable in using, and which are fulfilling more of their wider potential.

Word Forms

• run-downs

Synonyms for run-down

Depending on context, synonyms include weary, bleareyed, bleary, bleary-eyed, bone-tired, bushed.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include decrepit, worn, woebegone, creaky, malfunctioning, nonfunctional.

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