Synonyms for run-down
run-down

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1. summation, summing up, rundownadjective

   a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)

   Synonyms:
   addition, rundown, summation, summing up, plus, sum total, sum

   Antonyms:
   new, functioning

2. creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegoneadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   weak, infirm, abandoned, bedraggled, weakly, debile, rickety, woebegone, tumble-down, tatterdemalion, neglectful, remiss, rheumatoid, screaky, creaky, ramshackle, deserted, rheumy, decrepit, arthritic, delinquent, broken-down, rheumatic, dilapidated, flea-bitten, feeble, woeful, derelict, sapless

   Antonyms:
   new, functioning

3. run-downverb

   having the spring unwound

   "a run-down watch"

   Synonyms:
   derelict, woebegone, flea-bitten, creaky, decrepit

   Antonyms:
   functioning, new

4. run down, check outverb

   trace

   "We are running down a few tips"

   Synonyms:
   run over, conk out, play out, scan, go over, feel out, skim, check into, sap, run down, poop out, run out, check, check over, peter out, exhaust, glance over, check out, suss out, rake, check up on, cheque, sound out, look into, tire

   Antonyms:
   new, functioning

5. run downverb

   move downward

   "The water ran down"

   Synonyms:
   play out, tire, glance over, peter out, exhaust, rake, run over, scan, conk out, check out, skim, poop out, sap, run out, run down

   Antonyms:
   functioning, new

6. run down, run oververb

   injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle

   Synonyms:
   run over, conk out, play out, scan, skim, sap, overflow, run down, poop out, run out, brim over, peter out, exhaust, glance over, overrun, check out, rake, well over, tire

   Antonyms:
   functioning, new

7. poop out, peter out, run down, run out, conk outverb

   use up all one's strength and energy and stop working

   "At the end of the march, I pooped out"

   Synonyms:
   fizzle out, run over, conk out, play out, run off, scan, give way, die, bolt, beetle off, skim, break down, poop out, fizzle, bolt out, run down, break, run out, drain, fail, peter out, exhaust, glance over, check out, rake, give out, sap, expire, spill, go, taper off, go bad, tire

   Antonyms:
   functioning, new

8. scan, skim, rake, glance over, run downverb

   examine hastily

   "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"

   Synonyms:
   plane, run over, conk out, play out, scan, graze, sap, skim off, skim, skitter, crease, run down, poop out, run out, peter out, exhaust, glance over, check out, cream, rake, cream off, read, skip, skim over, tire

   Antonyms:
   functioning, new

9. run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tireverb

   deplete

   "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"

   Synonyms:
   sap, exhaust, eat up, play out, expel, wash up, eat, release, glance over, beat, tire, run over, wear out, rake, pall, tire out, peter out, use up, bore, tucker out, conk out, run out, jade, scan, run through, wear upon, wipe out, outwear, skim, discharge, run down, weary, tucker, wear down, poop out, fatigue, eject, consume, check out, deplete, fag out, wear

   Antonyms:
   new, functioning

10. run downverb

    pursue until captured

    "They ran down the fugitive"

    Synonyms:
    play out, tire, glance over, peter out, exhaust, rake, run over, scan, conk out, check out, skim, poop out, sap, run out, run down

    Antonyms:
    new, functioning

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1. List of paraphrases for "run-down":

   dilapidated, degraded

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How to use run-down in a sentence?

1. Richard Cantor:

   Paparazzi couldn’t just run down to photograph or ask for an interview.

2. Janet Yellen:

   We're simply in an impossible situation in which it will be impossible for Treasury on that day, or a few days thereafter... We'll have very limited resources, it will be run down quickly. We won't be able to pay all of the government's bills.

3. Brad Raffensperger:

   And so President Trump run down every single rabbit trail, none of it ever was supported by the facts. And so I was never concerned from the standpoint of President Trump, but I heard the threat that Herschel Walker was making.

4. Annelie Vogt von Heselholt:

   If your immune system isn’t in top shape, daily stress from work and life can cause you to feel run down and develop inflammation and chronic diseases, by eating foods that are immune system boosters, you can help your body be stronger and better resist stress and diseases such as heart disease and cancer.

5. Russell Baker:

   New York is the only city in the world where you can get deliberately run down on the sidewalk by a pedestrian.