down-at-heel
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.84 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "St Ives: The guided busway on the old railway alignment to Cambridge has just passed its tenth anniversary. Railfuture has noted its down-at-heel physical appearance, with dirty concrete beams, damaged sound barriers, and unmanaged vegetation."
- "The station has been down-at-heel for over 20 years, since some of the original main buildings were destroyed by fire."