run-down

/ˈrʌnˈdɑʊn/ adj

Definition

› weak or in bad condition: an old run-down factory She was run-down, thin, with no appetite.

(Definition of run-down adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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