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Definition of Broken-down

1. Adjective. In deplorable condition. "A tumble-down shack"

2. Adjective. Not in working order. "A broken-down tractor fit only for children to play on"

Definition of Broken-down

1. Adjective. no longer in working order ¹

2. Adjective. not properly maintained; neglected ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Broken-down

broke broke down broke even broke in broke loose broke off broke out broke the fourth wall broke up broked

brokedown broken broken-backed broken-down (current term) broken-field broken-hearted broken-winded broken arch broken bird broken birds

broken chord broken chords broken consort broken consorts broken down broken even broken heart broken hearts

Literary usage of Broken-down

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1872)
"CD to JP Broken- down bridge. A fortunate resol«e. ' river, sir, had a bridge last winter, but the bridge broke ' down when the thaw came, and has never ..."

2. Transactions by Stirling Natural History and Archaeological Society, American philosophical society (1905)
"... immediately on Sir Marmaduke and his party having achieved the passage, ordered the bridge to be broken down ar.d burned, and committed the custody of ..."

3. Southern History of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1866)
"... broken down.—The errors of Hood's campaign. WE have already stated that the military successes of the two or three preceding months secured the ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1861)
"... and either to hasten the decomposition of these latter, or to interfere with the due removal from the blood of such as are broken down and effete. 8th. ..."

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