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Synonyms for broken-down
bro·ken-down
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broken-downadjective
Synonyms:
ramshackle, rundown, tumbledown, dilapidated, tatterdemalion, bedraggled, ruinousbroken-downadjective
no longer in working order
Synonyms:
ramshackle, tumbledown, bedraggled, tatterdemalion, rundown, dilapidated, ruinousbroken-downadjective
not properly maintained; neglected
Synonyms:
rundown, ramshackle, bedraggled, tatterdemalion, dilapidated, tumbledown, ruinous
Princeton's WordNet
bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-downadjective
in deplorable condition
"a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack"
Synonyms:
tatterdemalion, abandoned, bedraggled, woebegone, tumble-down, remiss, run-down, delinquent, tattered, creaky, ramshackle, deserted, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, draggled, dilapidated, neglectfulAntonyms:
undamaged, serviceablebroken-downadjective
not in working order
"had to push the broken-down car"; "a broken-down tractor fit only for children to play on"
Synonyms:
bedraggled, tumble-down, dilapidated, derelict, ramshackle, tatterdemalionAntonyms:
undamaged, serviceable
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#8576 | abandoned | |
#20573 | deserted | |
#21084 | delinquent | |
#31285 | rundown | |
#43515 | tattered | |
#44435 | derelict | |
#54532 | dilapidated | |
#70794 | decrepit | |
#76852 | remiss | |
#84995 | ruinous | |
#98447 | ramshackle | |
#101223 | creaky | |
#120040 | neglectful | |
#154287 | bedraggled | |
#249725 | tumbledown | |
#295809 | woebegone |
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When I turned 30, I started to take life in a new direction and really start to understand Miranda Lambert a little better, and going through hard things obviously makes you get to know yourself better. When you get broken down pretty good, you look at the mirror and you go,' I have to spend some time with me, learn who I am and what I want.' I got to a really good place with Miranda Lambert. Then I met my husband.
When we drove in, it was surreal. Everything was gone. These people really needed help, they were really broken down.
Keep these things from breaking down, because once they're broken down the economy comes apart in the time it takes to get them fixed.
A target to control overall CO2 emissions should be a mandatory target in the 13th five-year plan, to be broken down according to variations in regional and industrial development.
Whole food carbohydrates take longer to break down into simple sugars, and a part of them — the fiber — ca n’t be broken down at all, this means that whole, intact grains do n’t cause the same spikes in blood sugar that we experience when we eat simple sugars. Blood sugar spikes trigger insulin spikes, which can destabilize our blood glucose and … be the underlying cause of health problems in the long run.
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