Definitions
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- adjective of a person
Tired andexhausted . - adjective of a place
Decrepit . - adjective of a clockwork mechanism Having the
spring unwound .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having the spring unwound
- adjective worn and broken down by hard use
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Examples
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The old blue Oldsmobile in which they sat had been payment to Vin for a debt owed, and as run-down and ugly as it looked, it was the perfect getaway car since it was built for speed.
Brooklyn Story Suzanne Corso 2011
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In Saturday's Post, pop music critic Chris Richards wrote about the "secret jazz" of Washington's noisy, run-down Metro escalators.
The type of music you can really step to Post 2011
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Dozens of run-down warehouses or empty lots were soon plastered with building permits.
Rebirth Seen on Brooklyn's Hip Streets Laura Kusisto 2011
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The former workhouse in the Fitzrovia neighborhood — most recently part of a hospital that closed in 2005 — is one of hundreds of run-down Georgian and Victorian buildings that Londoners pass without a second glance.
Please, sir, save workhouse tied to 'Oliver Twist,' Britain asked 2011
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I pull up to Barney's "triple-decker," a somewhat run-down example of the three-floored apartment buildings that make up much of Boston's older housing stock.
Me & Barney the Purple Dinosaur Con Chapman 2011
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And much of it was trucked to Mr. Coyne's rock-crushing operation behind a tall gray fence in a run-down industrial section of Newark.
City Grinds Out a Market for Muck Andrew Grossman 2011
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They meet to have anonymous, no-strings-attached sex in a mostly unfurnished, run-down apartment.
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It gives a run-down of the schematics and expectations people should have for the game as follows:
‘TWILIGHT’ THE VIDEO GAME UPDATE | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2009
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The desolation, she continued, evokes certain things for certain audiences—"the opposite of luxury, the opposite of color, the opposite of comfort"—and creates a charged dynamic with the settings in the story-telling, such as a kitchen in Thomas's run-down home, a small-town cheesecake shop, and a dance hall.
The Multiple Identities of a One-Man Show Lizzie Simon 2011
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Vigoda was a hit as a run-down, mopey, and almost retired detective.
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