Synonyms for broken-down
bro·ken-down

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1. broken-downadjective

   Synonyms:
   ramshackle, rundown, tumbledown, dilapidated, tatterdemalion, bedraggled, ruinous

2. broken-downadjective

   no longer in working order

   Synonyms:
   ramshackle, tumbledown, bedraggled, tatterdemalion, rundown, dilapidated, ruinous

3. broken-downadjective

   not properly maintained; neglected

   Synonyms:
   rundown, ramshackle, bedraggled, tatterdemalion, dilapidated, tumbledown, ruinous

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1. 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, neglectful

   Antonyms:
   undamaged, serviceable

2. broken-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, tatterdemalion

   Antonyms:
   undamaged, serviceable

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1. Tim Don:

   It's a whole-body smash fest, it normally takes about a week or 10 days to recover. Your muscles are broken down systemically, and you're hungry consistently for three or four days.

2. Miranda Lambert:

   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.

3. Kristine Arthur:

   Many artificial sweeteners are large molecules, which can’t be broken down and digested well.

4. Attorney General William Barr:

   Our ability to deter attacks had obviously broken down. The Iranians had been given a number of red lines and were crossing those lines, this was a legitimate act of self-defense because it disrupted ongoing attacks that were being conducted, a campaign against the Americans. And it reestablished deterrence, it responded to attacks that had been already committed.

5. Craig Fields:

   We’re addressing those wounds, we’ve shaved down the hair taking care of the skin and things that have broken down from the urine.