English adjective: broken-down | |||
| 1. | broken-down in deplorable condition | ||
| Samples | A street of bedraggled tenements. A broken-down fence. A ramshackle old pier. A tumble-down shack. | ||
| Synonyms | bedraggled, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down | ||
| Similar | damaged | ||
| Antonyms | undamaged | ||
| 2. | broken-down not in working order | ||
| Samples | Had to push the broken-down car. A broken-down tractor fit only for children to play on. | ||
| Similar | unserviceable | ||
| Antonyms | serviceable | ||