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. 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.

2. Nick Bullen:

   I think the Prince of Wales must be shocked and heartbroken, imagine if any member of your family, especially your son or daughter, goes on television and says, ‘My relationship has broken down with my father?’ Even if it’s true, the world now knows. So I think the Prince of Wales must be heartbroken.

3. 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.

4. XinR Alarm:

   Broken down, beaten in again Feel the pain, lose control Bent around, lie and sin All in vain, lost my soul Can I pick myself up again? Just to fall again, lost in sin.

5. Charles Williams:

   Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven.