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.