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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The massive tremors probably damaged or destroyed 58,870 buildings, according to an initial assessment of satellite data from NASA.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

More than 58,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed by the earthquakes, according to a preliminary assessment of satellite data conducted by US researchers.

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

Marines are also repairing the damaged port at La Guaira so it can accept relief supplies, officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

In MS, researchers believe that these cells may take in so much damaged myelin that they eventually exceed their capacity to process it.

From Science Daily • Jun. 29, 2026

“What a good girl you are, Amy!” said Jo, with a repentant glance from her own damaged costume to that of her sister, which was fresh and spotless still.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

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