Run-down (Adjective)
Meaning 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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
Having the spring unwound; "a run-down watch".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The old grandfather clock had been a run-down timepiece for years, its chimes silenced and its hands frozen in time.
- After being left unwound for months, the run-down music box no longer played its gentle melody.
- The run-down alarm clock had stopped working years ago, and now it just collected dust on the shelf.
- The antique watchmaker carefully wound the run-down pocket watch, bringing it back to life.
- The run-down cuckoo clock hung silently on the wall, its mechanical bird frozen in mid-song.