broken-down

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(brō'kən-doun')
adj.
  1. Not in working order.
  2. In poor condition, as from old age; infirm.

Roget's Thesaurus:

broken-down

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adjective

    Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect: bedraggled, decaying, decrepit, dilapidated, dingy, down-at-heel, faded, mangy, rundown, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tattered, tatty, threadbare. Informal tacky. Slang ratty. Idioms: all the worse for wear, gone topotseed, pastcurehope. See better/worse.

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adj

Definition: defective, kaput
Antonyms: fixed, working

adj

Definition: dilapidated
Antonyms: chic, smart

Translations:

Broken-down

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - nedbrudt, brudt sammen

Nederlands (Dutch)
kapot, gamel

Français (French)
adj. - en panne, détraqué, délabré, (fig) fini, à bout

Deutsch (German)
adj. - baufällig, heruntergekommen, kaputt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - συντετριμμένος, τσακισμένος, ρημαγμένος, χαλασμένος

Italiano (Italian)
guasto, a pezzi

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - quebrado, desmoronado

Русский (Russian)
подорванный, надломленный, сломанный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - averiado, estropeado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - utnött, förfallen, trasig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
衰弱的, 故障的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 衰弱的, 故障的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 깨진 , 쇠약한, 몰락한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 打ち砕かれた, 健康をそこねた, 衰弱した, こわれた

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) في حاله سيئه, مستهلكه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רעוע, שבור‬


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