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Adjective: broken-down  brow-kun dawn
  1. In deplorable condition
    "a broken-down fence";
    - bedraggled, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down, derro [Austral, NZ], dero [Austral, NZ]
     
  2. Not in working order
    "had to push the broken-down car"; "a broken-down tractor fit only for children to play on";
    - cactus [Austral, NZ]

See also: damaged, unserviceable

Encyclopedia: Broken-down

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broke
broken
broken arch
broken chord
broken heart
broken home
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broken-backed
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broken-field
brokenhearted
brokenheartedly
brokenheartedness
brokenly
brokenness
broker
brokerage
brokerage account
brokerage firm