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Broken-down (Adjective)

Meaning 1

Not in working order; "had to push the broken-down car"; "a broken-down tractor fit only for children to play on".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Examples

  • The mechanic was called to fix the broken-down truck on the side of the highway.
  • After years of neglect, the once-reliable lawn mower was now a broken-down relic in the garage.
  • The broken-down escalator had been out of order for weeks, forcing shoppers to use the stairs.
  • The farmer's broken-down plow was no longer of any use and was left to rust in the field.
  • The children loved playing on the broken-down merry-go-round in the abandoned playground.

Meaning 2

In deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Examples

  • The old car was a broken-down hunk of junk that barely ran anymore.
  • The once-grand mansion was now a broken-down shell of its former self.
  • The broken-down bridge was closed to traffic due to safety concerns.
  • The broken-down bus had been abandoned on the side of the road for months.
  • The broken-down roller coaster at the abandoned amusement park was a haunting sight.

Synonyms

  • Bedraggled
  • Tatterdemalion
  • Tumble-down
  • Dilapidated
  • Derelict
  • Ramshackle
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