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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The fourth wall is broken in stand-up comedy the second you walk on stage.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2026

All-time temperature records have been broken in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic, as well as for the month of June in the UK and in Switzerland.

From Barron's • Jun. 28, 2026

Households previously paid for water through a portion of their rates bill but that link was broken in 1998.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 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

There were all these mutant skeletons in there, of Muggles who’d broken in and grown extra heads and stuff.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

broken in

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