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Synonyms for broken-down
bro·ken-down
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broken-downadjective
Synonyms:
ramshackle, rundown, tumbledown, dilapidated, tatterdemalion, bedraggled, ruinousbroken-downadjective
no longer in working order
Synonyms:
ramshackle, tumbledown, bedraggled, tatterdemalion, rundown, dilapidated, ruinousbroken-downadjective
not properly maintained; neglected
Synonyms:
rundown, ramshackle, bedraggled, tatterdemalion, dilapidated, tumbledown, ruinous
Princeton's WordNet
bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-downadjective
in deplorable condition
"a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack"
Synonyms:
tatterdemalion, abandoned, bedraggled, woebegone, tumble-down, remiss, run-down, delinquent, tattered, creaky, ramshackle, deserted, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, draggled, dilapidated, neglectfulAntonyms:
undamaged, serviceablebroken-downadjective
not in working order
"had to push the broken-down car"; "a broken-down tractor fit only for children to play on"
Synonyms:
bedraggled, tumble-down, dilapidated, derelict, ramshackle, tatterdemalionAntonyms:
undamaged, serviceable
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#8576 | abandoned | |
#20573 | deserted | |
#21084 | delinquent | |
#31285 | rundown | |
#43515 | tattered | |
#44435 | derelict | |
#54532 | dilapidated | |
#70794 | decrepit | |
#76852 | remiss | |
#84995 | ruinous | |
#98447 | ramshackle | |
#101223 | creaky | |
#120040 | neglectful | |
#154287 | bedraggled | |
#249725 | tumbledown | |
#295809 | woebegone |
How to use broken-down in a sentence?
Where it seems to have broken down is first of all in not ensuring that the passport was handed over.
Broken down, beaten in again Feel the pain, lose control Bent around, lie and sin All in vain, lost my soul Can I pick myself up again? Just to fall again, lost in sin.
When I turned 30, I started to take life in a new direction and really start to understand Miranda Lambert a little better, and going through hard things obviously makes you get to know yourself better. When you get broken down pretty good, you look at the mirror and you go,' I have to spend some time with me, learn who I am and what I want.' I got to a really good place with Miranda Lambert. Then I met my husband.
Keep these things from breaking down, because once they're broken down the economy comes apart in the time it takes to get them fixed.
Many artificial sweeteners are large molecules, which can’t be broken down and digested well.
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