in the shop

ADJECTIVE

broken

Synonyms

STRONGEST

busted defective faulty ruined wrecked

STRONG

dead disabled down gone out shot spent wracked

WEAK

coming unstuck fallen apart feeble gone to pieces haywire imperfect in disrepair in need of repair inoperable inoperative kaput not functioning on the blink on the fritz out of commission out of kilter out of order out of whack run down screwed-up unsatisfactory weak

Antonyms

STRONGEST

perfect repaired

WEAK

fixed working

ADJECTIVE

on the blink

Synonyms

WEAK

bonkers broken busted defective disabled down fallen apart faulty gone to pieces haywire in disrepair in need of repair inoperable kaput kerflooey not functioning not working on the fritz on the shelf out out of commission out of kilter out of order out of whack run down shot spent wrecked

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Because of the noise in the shop, I was unable to hear him and asked him politely to repeat himself.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

He then barricaded the man in the shop with a shopping trolley, as a bystander called the police.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

“There was definitely a learning curve,” says Hannah, who works full-time in the shop with Blackman.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

The Pennsylvanischer Staatsbote probably learned that the Continental Congress had severed ties with Great Britain from a source in the shop of John Dunlap, who had a contract to print the body’s resolutions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“Just wait till you see what’s for dessert this noon!” she’d tell us at the breakfast table, and all morning in the shop the question would shimmer in the back of our minds.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

in the shop

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