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Meanings of broken-down in English

In deplorable condition.

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Broken-down.

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Usage of broken-down in English
1
There are hints of an older past: broken-down churches; dense, uncultivated forests.
The Guardian
2
Look for the broken-down open gate to the right of the allotments.
The Guardian
3
He was evidently broken-down by terror, and engrossed in his own safety.
Kilgorman: A Story of Ireland in 1798
4
It is now well-known that most superstition is in fact broken-down ritual.
The Meaning of Witchcraft
5
On the contrary, he helped the broken-down man to leave the country.
A Master of Mysteries
6
I had to try to herd them away from the broken-down vehicle.
Beyond exile: day by day armageddon
7
I saw six more stacked in the back of a broken-down hearse.
The devil's bones: a body farm novel
8
We need not treat it as a survival of a broken-down theory.
Studies in Literature
9
He remembered his morning's tramp and the broken-down motor-car under the trees.
The Devil's Paw
10
Kyle wondered what could possibly be impressive about the broken-down one-handed saboteur.
Return of the Crimson Guard
11
He was made into a broken-down beast by his masters, the arch-beasts.
The Iron Heel
12
A broken-down motor-car, kit-bags, helmets, rifles and knapsacks were littered in heaps.
America's War for Humanity
13
Save for a rickety chair and a broken-down table, it was empty.
The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest; Or, The Golden Galleon
14
From the walls poked the remains of broken-down sheds with gaping fronts.
Halo Primordium
15
A month more of this would make me a hopelessly broken-down woman.
Saxe Holm's Stories / First Series
16
I don't want that boy to ever see me weak and broken-down.
The prince of frogtown
More collocations
Broken-down through the time