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Broken (Adjective)

Meaning¹

Subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit".

Meaning²

Lacking a part or parts; "a broken set of encyclopedia".

Meaning³

Weakened and infirm; "broken health resulting from alcoholism".

Meaning⁴

Out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken'); "a broken washing machine"; "the coke machine is broken"; "the coke machine is busted".

Meaning⁵

Thrown into a state of disarray or confusion; "troops fleeing in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on the desk"; "the small disordered room"; "with everything so upset".

Meaning⁶

Discontinuous; "broken clouds"; "broken sunshine".

Meaning⁷

Destroyed financially; "the broken fortunes of the family".

Meaning⁸

Imperfectly spoken or written; "broken English".

Meaning⁹

(especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded; "broken (or unkept) promises"; "broken contracts".

Meaning¹⁰

Physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split; "a broken mirror"; "a broken tooth"; "a broken leg"; "his neck is broken".

Examples

The window was broken when the baseball flew through it.
Her favorite vase was broken into a hundred pieces on the floor.
He was rushed to the hospital with a broken arm after the accident.
The tree branch was broken and hanging precariously over the sidewalk.
The athlete's season was ended early due to a broken ankle.

Meaning¹¹

Topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged ground".

Not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly; "broken lines of defense"; "a broken cable transmission"; "broken sleep"; "tear off the stub above the broken line"; "a broken note"; "broken sobs".