adjective
- Worn and broken down by hard use.
- usage: "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: creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down
- Affected by or full of grief or woe."his sorrow... Made him look... Haggard and... Woebegone- George du Maurier
- synonyms: woeful
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