Meadow’s promotion hopes were dealt another crushing blow on Monday night as they slipped to their second defeat in three days.
Paddy O’Keefe’s second half strike settled a scrappy encounter Renfrew deserved to win on the balance of play and chances.
The visitors played the final eight minutes with 10-men after defender Anton Heffron was given his marching orders for two bookings.
But Meadow, who were missing several regulars, simply never looked like scoring as their goal drought extended to more than 270 minutes.
The have taken just one point from a possible 12 after Saturday’s defeat against Shotts followed a scoreless draw against Girvan and 3-1 defeat at Yoker.
Playing into a strong wind in the first half, the home side found themselves under the cosh in the opening 20 minutes.
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Chris Zok just missed the target with a shot on the turn that took a deflection off defender Andy Strachan.
A break down in communication between Meadow keeper Shaun Newman and midfielder Ben Carson almost let Scott Morton in a few minutes later but the ball was hooked to safety before he could get it fully under control.
Newman then made a mess of coming to claim a hopeful long punt up the park, badly misjudging the bounce of the ball and having to backpedal furiously to pluck it out the air under pressure from Morton.
The one way traffic continued with a Morton shot from the edge of the box that flew past the post.
It took Meadow 25 minutes to get their first shot on target, Carson finally forcing goalkeeper Dale Burgess into action with a snap shot from 20 yards.
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It gave Meadow a much-needed jolt of confidence and Heffron went into the book for a late challenge on Ben Black in 36 minutes as Renfrew felt the heat for the first time in the match.
Burgess then turned a Black effort from 12 yards around the post after Chris McKnight picked the little frontman out with a superb diagonal ball.
Meadow ended the first half with a penalty appeal for handball but referee Calum Scott was well placed to wave the claims away.
The second half saw Meadow go on the front foot but they continued to be powder puff in attack, despite having the advantage of the wind behind them.
O’Keefe showed them the way to goal when he poked home what proved to be the winner from a driven cross from the right in 61 minutes.
Grant Barbour replaced Andy Cripps in attack and centre half Ryan Begley joined him up top in a last throw of the dice but it made little difference. Even with the late dismissal of Haffron, Burgess was not unduly troubled as Renfrew closed out the game.
Meadow now find themselves in seventh place, five points of the play-off spot, with four games to play.