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  • past participle of bust.
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busted

[buhs-tid] / ˈbʌs tɪd /
















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Louis, in comparison, is kinda busted — gloomy, tortured, unable to fully embrace the everlasting banquet Lestat has laid out for him.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026

Wildlife officers have busted an illegal cockroach-breeding operation in rural Australia, seizing a skin-crawling haul worth more than $100,000 on the black market for exotic bugs.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

“I lived in Vegas for almost a year, busted my ass to slowly build back up kind of a career in a sense,” he explains.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

A few operations have been busted in India.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

“Not with those busted sneakers you aren’t. You really wore your Chucks with the holes in them in public, Dad? Those are supposed to be for yard work, that was the rule.”

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas




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