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broken-down

Dictionary definition · broken-down

adjective

  1. in deplorable condition"a street of bedraggled tenements"
  2. not in working order"had to push the broken-down car"

Similar words

bedraggledderelictdilapidatedramshackletatterdemaliontumble-down

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).