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rundown noun

• an analysis or summary of something by a knowledgeable person.
• "he gave his teammates a rundown on the opposition"
Similar: analysis, review, overview, briefing, brief, sketch, thumbnail sketch, outline, rough idea, summary, résumé, synopsis, precis, recapitulation, run-through, summarization, summation, tour d'horizon, low-down, recap, conspectus, summa,
• a reduction in the productivity or activities of a company or institution.
• "a rundown in the business would be a devastating blow to the local economy"
Similar: reduction, cut, cutback, decrease, curtailment, drop, decline, diminution,

rundown adjective

• (especially of a building or area) in a poor or neglected state after having been prosperous.
• "a run-down Edwardian villa"
• tired and rather unwell, especially through overwork.
• "she felt tired and generally run-down"
Similar: unwell, ill, poorly, out of sorts, unhealthy, peaky, not oneself, below par, in bad shape, tired, debilitated, drained, exhausted, fatigued, enervated, weak, worn out, washed out, off, off colour, under the weather, crummy, not (feeling) up to snuff, ropy, knackered, wabbit, crook, seedy, queer, peaked, peakish, crappy,
Opposite: healthy, well,


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