damaged

ADJECTIVE

broken, not working

Synonyms

STRONGEST

flawed impaired injured run-down

STRONG

bent blemished busted dinged down flubbed gone hurt marred shot snafued spoiled sunk totaled

WEAK

beat-up fouled-up glitched imperfect in need of repair in poor condition in smithereens kaput loused up messed-up mucked up no-go on the blink on the fritz out of action out of kilter out of whack screwed-up unsound

Antonyms

STRONGEST

healthy

WEAK

OK fixed mended perfect repaired unbroken undamaged working

Example Sentences

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A report in May from the Congressional Research Service listed 42 fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft, including drones that were reportedly lost or damaged in the Iran war that began in late February.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

On top of that, squirrels and mice have damaged the insulation.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

The car was severely damaged by the crash, video showed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Without specifying what was hit, local officials admitted that drones had damaged "infrastructure".

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

After Cheesethief’s carcass had been disposed of, Cluny sat beneath an awning that had been improvised from the damaged tent.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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