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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. in deplorable condition;
- Example: "a street of bedraggled tenements"
- Example: "a broken-down fence"
- Example: "a ramshackle old pier"
- Example: "a tumble-down shack"
[syn: bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down]

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


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

broken-down adj 1: in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack" [syn: bedraggled, broken- down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down] 2: not in working order; "had to push the broken-down car"; "a broken-down tractor fit only for children to play on"