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Meanings of run-down in English

Worn and broken down by hard use.

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                Usage of run-down in English
                1
                Nodding without really understanding, Luke indicated the run-down though obviously popular cantina.
                Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
                2
                It is far from the stereotypical image of a run-down city suburb.
                Reuters
                3
                Although the house was run-down, the land itself was a gold mine.
                Past malice: an emma fielding mystery
                4
                He gave a run-down on the relatively new science of marine bio-acoustics.
                The new yorker
                5
                But truly, Marianne, this place was almost as run-down as Woods House.
                The Pinhoe Egg
                6
                Let's put people back to work rebuilding vacant homes in run-down neighborhoods.
                Ebony
                7
                Yes, a run-down of what the questioner has done in the past.
                BBC
                8
                That was two days after Tom met Rose in the run-down summerhouse.
                Shadowland
                9
                Another run-down, fix-it-up farm in this family was out of the question.
                Any Coincidence Is / Or, The Day Julia & Cecil the Cat Faced a F...
                10
                Here's a quick run-down of my weekend, with plenty of visual aids.
                Wired
                11
                Weak, run-down boars and sows produce inferior pigs and usually small litters.
                Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry
                12
                Valentine lives in a run-down apartment building just north of Opa-locka airport.
                Double Dexter
                13
                Luke studied the run-down structures and equally unwholesome-looking individuals they were passing.
                Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
                14
                She halted at a grimy, run-down apartment building and closed the umbrella.
                A Son of the City / A Story of Boy Life
                15
                He was feeling run-down and tired, like he was fighting a cold.
                Hollow World
                16
                Brittle Paper gives a run-down of the contenders for this year's award.
                The Guardian
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                United States of America
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