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. Thierry Wizman:

   The trend of the weaker dollar that we saw generally in December seems to have broken down a bit today, data in the UK and Europe really just weren't impressive and so you've got this return of concerns that 2020 may not be as good for growth on the continent and in the UK as people were surmising as recently as a few weeks ago.

2. Krystal Bellaine Miller:

   My brother was fixing Rhonita's broken-down vehicle, saw a fire, didn't think anything of it, then( he) saw the explosion, went to check it out, saw it was my mother's vehicle, full of bullet holes, completely ablaze.

3. Raymond Chandler:

   Would you convey my compliments to the purist who reads your proofs and tell him or her that I write in a sort of broken-down patois which is something like the way a Swiss waiter talks, and that when I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it will stay split, and when I interrupt the velvety smoothness of my more or less literate syntax with a few sudden words of bar-room vernacular, that is done with the eyes wide open and the mind relaxed but attentive.

4. Serena Williams:

   No one talks about the low moments — the pressure you feel, the incredible letdown every time you hear the baby cry, i’ve broken down I don’t know how many times. Or I’ll get angry about the crying, then sad about being angry, and then guilty, like, 'Why do I feel so sad when I have a beautiful baby?' The emotions are insane.

5. Elana Newman:

   Social media is a whole other aspect of this because the news used to guide how the public learned about news, now there's much more bad stuff to go through, it may not be metabolized. It isn't broken down.