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[ adjective ] in deplorable condition

Examples

"a street of bedraggled tenements" "a broken-down fence" "a ramshackle old pier" "a tumble-down shack"

Used in print

(Richard Ferber, Bitter Valley....)

That afternoon when they had pulled_up in_front_of the broken-down ranch_house , his hopes had been high .

Related terms

damaged

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[ adjective ] in deplorable condition

Examples

"a street of bedraggled tenements" "a broken-down fence" "a ramshackle old pier" "a tumble-down shack"

Related terms

damaged

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[ adjective ] not in working order

Examples

"had to push the broken-down car" "a broken-down tractor fit only for children to play on"

Related terms

unserviceable

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[ adjective ] not in working order

Examples

"had to push the broken-down car" "a broken-down tractor fit only for children to play on"

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unserviceable

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