[
US
/ˈbɹoʊkən/
]
[ UK /bɹˈəʊkən/ ]
[ UK /bɹˈəʊkən/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken')
the coke machine is busted
a broken washing machine
the coke machine is broken -
(especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded
broken (or unkept) promises
broken contracts -
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
a broken leg
a broken tooth
a broken mirror
his neck is broken -
not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly
broken sobs
tear off the stub above the broken line
broken lines of defense
broken sleep
a broken cable transmission
a broken note -
destroyed financially
the broken fortunes of the family -
lacking a part or parts
a broken set of encyclopedia -
subdued or brought low in condition or status
his broken spirit
a broken man
brought low -
imperfectly spoken or written
broken English -
weakened and infirm
broken health resulting from alcoholism -
tamed or trained to obey
a horse broken to the saddle
this old nag is well broken in -
discontinuous
broken clouds
broken sunshine -
topographically very uneven
broken terrain
rugged ground -
thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
with everything so upset
the small disordered room
a confused mass of papers on the desk
troops fleeing in broken ranks
How To Use broken In A Sentence
- But Sexton found Nicks for an easy 31-yard score on fourth down with 4: 11 left to seal it, and Nicks set the receiving record with a 22-yard catch a little later from T.J. Yates, making his first appearance in relief from a broken ankle suffered in September against Virginia Tech. Newspaper Home Delivery - Subscribe Today USATODAY.com
- The only people she would be able to talk to in English would be Ovidiu, and marginally to Rica with the broken language he was still trying to learn.
- The coulpe or peccavi, is made for a very small matter — a broken glass, a torn veil, an involuntary delay of a few seconds at an office, a false note in church, etc.; this suffices, and the coulpe is made. Les Miserables
- Desiccated liver is approximately 80% protein and is easily broken down and absorbed by the stomach.
- In 2007, a jury let the Fairford Two off after they had broken into an RAF airbase to ground B-52 planes and prevent, they hoped, potential war crimes against Iraqi civilians.
- Poor Sulkorig is dead by misadventure, his head broken by the hoof of the Lord Constable's horse. IRONCROWN MOON: PART TWO OF THE BOREAL MOON TALE
- The papyri are broken and illegible; you must assemble an intelligible jigsaw from jagged fragments, truncated lines and eroded ink. Times, Sunday Times
- The Press of Atlantic City interviewed Kuras, who spoke in confused, broken English.
- Neither watch works,they're both broken.
- Specimens are rarely found in one unbroken piece, and the process of reconstituting them is akin to completing a jigsaw puzzle.
