"broken-down" meaning in English

See broken-down in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more broken-down [comparative], most broken-down [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} broken-down (comparative more broken-down, superlative most broken-down)
  1. Which has broken down and, as a result, is no longer in working order. Synonyms (no longer in working order): out of order Translations (no longer in working order): مُعَطَّل (muʕaṭṭal) [masculine] (Arabic), خربان (ḵarbān) [Gulf-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), خربان (ḵarbān) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), خربان (ḵarbān) [South-Levantine-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), повреден (povreden) (Bulgarian), rikkinäinen (Finnish), epäkuntoinen (Finnish), toimimaton (Finnish), en panne [feminine, masculine] (French), hors-service [feminine, masculine] (French), H.S. [feminine, masculine] (French), kaputt (German), uszkodzony [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-broken-down-en-adj-GEfHWDP0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Gulf Arabic translations, Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with South Levantine Arabic translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 28 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 77 16 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 19 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 30 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 56 28 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 58 24 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 62 24 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 64 20 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 60 24 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Gulf Arabic translations: 77 17 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations: 70 23 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 47 32 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 62 23 15 Disambiguation of Terms with South Levantine Arabic translations: 74 19 7 Disambiguation of 'no longer in working order': 87 8 5 Disambiguation of 'no longer in working order': 87 8 5
  2. Not properly maintained; neglected. Synonyms (not maintained; neglected): ramshackle Translations (not properly maintained): ränsistynyt (Finnish), rapistunut (Finnish), rappeutunut (Finnish), قوسقونسز (kuskunsuz) (Ottoman Turkish)
    Sense id: en-broken-down-en-adj-4480qLvB Disambiguation of 'not maintained; neglected': 6 90 4 Disambiguation of 'not properly maintained': 4 94 2
  3. Ruined in character or strength. Translations (ruined in character or strength): rappiolla [adverb] (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-broken-down-en-adj-K-0PdBwu Disambiguation of 'ruined in character or strength': 4 2 95
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          "ref": "2021 December 29, Stefanie Foster, “Storm Barra causes fresh disruption to the railway”, in RAIL, number 947, page 19:",
          "text": "And a broken-down train and the severe weather temporarily shut the line between Dawlish and Exeter St Davids.",
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          "_dis1": "87 8 5",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "87 8 5",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "povreden",
          "sense": "no longer in working order",
          "word": "повреден"
        },
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          "_dis1": "87 8 5",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "no longer in working order",
          "word": "rikkinäinen"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "no longer in working order",
          "word": "epäkuntoinen"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "no longer in working order",
          "word": "toimimaton"
        },
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          "_dis1": "87 8 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "no longer in working order",
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          "word": "en panne"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "no longer in working order",
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          "word": "hors-service"
        },
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          "_dis1": "87 8 5",
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          "sense": "no longer in working order",
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        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "no longer in working order",
          "word": "kaputt"
        },
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          "sense": "no longer in working order",
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        }
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        "Not properly maintained; neglected."
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 94 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "not properly maintained",
          "word": "ränsistynyt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 94 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "not properly maintained",
          "word": "rapistunut"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 94 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "not properly maintained",
          "word": "rappeutunut"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 94 2",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "kuskunsuz",
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          "word": "قوسقونسز"
        }
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          "ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:",
          "text": "We looked our last upon them and the indescribable rosy glow in which they lay, and then with hearts far too heavy for words we left them, and crept thence broken-down men - so broken down that we even renounced the chance of practically immortal life, because all that made life valuable had gone from us, and we knew even then that to prolong our days indefinitely would only be to prolong our sufferings.",
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        "Ruined in character or strength."
      ],
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          "code": "fi",
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          "word": "rappiolla"
        }
      ]
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}
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    },
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      "roman": "povreden",
      "sense": "no longer in working order",
      "word": "повреден"
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      "sense": "no longer in working order",
      "word": "rikkinäinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "no longer in working order",
      "word": "epäkuntoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "no longer in working order",
      "word": "toimimaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "no longer in working order",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "en panne"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "no longer in working order",
      "word": "kaputt"
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      "sense": "no longer in working order",
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      "sense": "not properly maintained",
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      "sense": "not properly maintained",
      "word": "rappeutunut"
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      "sense": "not properly maintained",
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      "sense": "ruined in character or strength",
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