broken-down
1. [ adjective ] in deplorable condition
Synonyms: dilapidated tumble-down ramshackle unsound bedraggled
Examples:

"a street of bedraggled tenements" "a broken-down fence" "a ramshackle old pier" "a tumble-down shack"

Related terms: damaged
2. [ adjective ] in deplorable condition
Synonyms: dilapidated tatterdemalion ramshackle tumble-down unsound bedraggled
Examples:

"a street of bedraggled tenements" "a broken-down fence" "a ramshackle old pier" "a tumble-down shack"

Related terms: damaged
3. [ adjective ] not in working order
Examples:

"had to push the broken-down car" "a broken-down tractor fit only for children to play on"

Related terms: unserviceable
4. [ adjective ] not in working order
Examples:

"had to push the broken-down car" "a broken-down tractor fit only for children to play on"

Related terms: unserviceable
Similar spelling:   broken_wind
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  broken_in
  broken-backed
  Brizendine
  broken_arch
  Brackeen
  brokenhearted