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Broken

Verb

Definitions

1.Verbpast participle of break
2.AdjectiveFragmented; in separate pieces.
"One recent morning the team had to replace a broken weather research station.; My arm is broken!; The ground was littered with broken bones.; A dog bit my leg and now the skin is broken.; Tomorrow: broken skies."
3.AdjectiveFractured; having the bone in pieces.
"My arm is broken!; The ground was littered with broken bones."
4.AdjectiveSplit or ruptured.
"A dog bit my leg and now the skin is broken."
5.AdjectiveDashed; made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.
6.AdjectiveInterrupted; not continuous.
7.AdjectiveFive-eighths to seven-eighths obscured by clouds; incompletely covered by clouds.
"Tomorrow: broken skies."
8.AdjectiveHaving periods of silence scattered throughout; not regularly continuous.
9.AdjectiveBreached; violated; not kept.
"broken promises of neutrality; broken vows; the broken covenant"
10.AdjectiveNon-functional; not functioning properly.
"I think my doorbell is broken.; This is the most broken application I've seen in a long time.; Oh man! That is just broken!"
11.AdjectiveDisconnected, no longer open or carrying traffic.
12.AdjectiveBadly designed or implemented.
"This is the most broken application I've seen in a long time."
13.AdjectiveGrammatically non-standard, especially as a result of being produced by a non-native speaker.
14.AdjectiveNot having gone in the way intended; saddening.
"Oh man! That is just broken!"
15.AdjectiveCompletely defeated and dispirited; shattered; destroyed.
"The bankruptcy and divorce, together with the death of his son, left him completely broken."
16.AdjectiveHaving no money; bankrupt, broke.
"(The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)"
17.AdjectiveUneven.
18.AdjectiveOverpowered; overly powerful; giving a player too much power.
"This item is incredibly broken. I win almost every run I get to use it."
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