broken in

ADJECTIVE

experienced

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accomplished capable competent mature professional qualified seasoned skillful sophisticated trained veteran wise

STRONG

accustomed cultivated dynamite instructed matured practiced rounded sport tested tried versed vet

WEAK

adept been around been there expert familiar having something on the ball in the know knowing one's stuff knowing the score old old hand practical pro the right stuff well-versed worldly worldly-wise

Antonyms

STRONGEST

amateur green ignorant incapable incompetent inept inexperienced unable unskilled unskillful untalented untrained

WEAK

immature unfamiliar unknowledgeable unseasoned unsophisticated

Example Sentences

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There were photos of trees broken in half at the trunk, Molina said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

In an ominous sign of the struggle to come, Raducanu was broken in the opening game.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

“It is not expected that the agreement reached through months of negotiations between the two governments will be broken in an instant,” said Hana Securities analyst Sunjae Son.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

In a similar fashion, the December 2021 lows were broken in mid-January 2022, and a 10-month, full-fledged bear market set in.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 22, 2026

He stretched out his arm, the one that had been broken in the accident.

From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz

broken in

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