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broken down
adjective as in incapacitated
adjective as in old
adjective as in ramshackle
adjective as in run down
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adjective as in shoddy
adjective as in sick
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adjective as in sleazy
adjective as in squalid
adjective as in tacky
adjective as in tired
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adjective as in unwell
adjective as in washed-up
adjective as in broken-down
adjective as in worn-out
adjective as in laid-up
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- ailing
- bedridden
- confined
- debilitated
- declining
- defective
- delicate
- diseased
- disordered
- down
- feeble
- feverish
- frail
- funny
- green
- hospitalized
- ill
- impaired
- imperfect
- in a bad way
- in poor health
- incurable
- indisposed
- infected
- infirm
- invalid
- lousy
- mean
- nauseated
- not so hot
- peaked
- poorly
- qualmish
- queasy
- rickety
- rocky
- rotten
- run down
- sick as a dog
- suffering
- tottering
- under medication
- under the weather
- unhealthy
- unwell
- weak
- wobbly
adjective as in schlocky
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- base
- broken-down
- cheap
- cheesy
- common
- dilapidated
- dingy
- discreditable
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- disreputable
- gaudy
- ignominious
- inferior
- inglorious
- junky
- lousy
- makeshift
- mean
- miserable
- not up to snuff
- paltry
- plastic
- poor
- pretentious
- rotten
- run down
- scruffy
- second-rate
- seedy
- shabby
- shady
- shameful
- sleazy
- slipshod
- tacky
- tawdry
- trashy
- unrespectable
adjective as in scrubby
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- all the worse for wear
- bare
- bedraggled
- broken-down
- crummy
- cure
- decayed
- decaying
- decrepit
- degenerated
- desolate
- deteriorated
- deteriorating
- dilapidated
- dingy
- disfigured
- disreputable
- dog-eared
- down-at-heel
- faded
- frayed
- gone to seed
- mangy
- meager
- mean
- miserable
- moth-eaten
- neglected
- pitiful
- poor
- pot
- poverty-stricken
- ragged
- ramshackle
- ratty
- rickety
- ruined
- ruinous
- run down
- rundown
- scruffy
- seedy
- shoddy
- sleazy
- slipshod
- squalid
- tacky
- tattered
- tatty
- threadbare
- tired
- worn
- worn-out
- worse for wear
- wretched
adjective as in tatty
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- all the worse for wear
- bare
- bedraggled
- broken-down
- crummy
- cure
- decayed
- decaying
- decrepit
- degenerated
- desolate
- deteriorated
- deteriorating
- dilapidated
- dingy
- disfigured
- disreputable
- dog-eared
- down-at-heel
- faded
- frayed
- gone to seed
- mangy
- meager
- mean
- miserable
- moth-eaten
- neglected
- pitiful
- poor
- pot
- poverty-stricken
- ragged
- ramshackle
- ratty
- rickety
- ruined
- ruinous
- run down
- rundown
- scrubby
- scruffy
- seedy
- shoddy
- sleazy
- slipshod
- squalid
- tacky
- tattered
- threadbare
- tired
- worn
- worn-out
- worse for wear
- wretched
adjective as in decrepit
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adjective as in dilapidated
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adjective as in dingy
adjective as in disabled
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adjective as in dilapidated
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Nor has social disorder broken down in other parts of the city.
After the Al Jazeera crew ran from the gas, police broken down their light setup and pointed their cameras at the ground.
Before he finishes, he will have broken down in tears, recounting and reliving the nightmare that has been his life.
The results got even more interesting when they were broken down by region.
But the data behind that has clearly broken down, he argued.
True, in such a case as this, "economic strength" would probably be broken down by the intrusion of physical violence.
Chyloid exudates are milky chiefly from proteids in suspension, or fine dbris from broken-down cells.
Bridges had been broken down, and the guns had to be hauled through jungle and woods under a scorching sun.
In despair, broken down in health, he applied to be relieved of his duties, and returned home to private life.
The beasts have rotted in their dung, the barns are destroyed, the storehouses are broken down: because the corn is confounded.
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On this page you'll find 42 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to broken-down, such as: battered, decrepit, ramshackle, run down, bedraggled, and deteriorated.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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