broken

adjectives

physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
"a broken mirror"; "a broken tooth"; "a broken leg"; "his neck is broken"
broken
antonym
unbroken
see also
harmed or injured or spoiled
"I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings"
damaged
see also
harmed
"injured soldiers"; "injured feelings"
injured
see also
not perfect; defective or inadequate
"had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect"
imperfect
see also
not sound financially
"unsound banking practices"
unsound
is an attribute of
an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting
"the integrity of the nervous system is required for normal development"; "he took measures to insure the territorial unity of Croatia"
integrity, unity, wholeness
not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly
"broken lines of defense"; "a broken cable transmission"; "broken sleep"; "tear off the stub above the broken line"; "a broken note"; "broken sobs"
broken
antonym
unbroken
is similar to
varying in direction suddenly and frequently
"broken-field running"
broken-field
is similar to
having gaps or spaces
"sign on the dotted line"
dashed, dotted
is similar to
intermittently stopping and starting
"fitful (or interrupted) sleep"; "off-and-on static"
fitful, interrupted, off-and-on
is similar to
fragmentary or halting from emotional strain
"uttered a few halting words of sorrow"
halting
see also
not continuing without interruption in time or space
"discontinuous applause"; "the landscape was a discontinuous mosaic of fields and forest areas"; "he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling"
discontinuous, noncontinuous
subdued or brought low in condition or status
"brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit"
broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated, low
(especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded
"broken (or unkept) promises"; "broken contracts"
broken, unkept
antonym
unbroken
tamed or trained to obey
"a horse broken to the saddle"; "this old nag is well broken in"
broken, broken in
topographically very uneven
"broken terrain"; "rugged ground"
broken, rugged
imperfectly spoken or written
"broken English"
broken
is similar to
not perfect; defective or inadequate
"had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect"
imperfect
thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
"troops fleeing in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on the desk"; "the small disordered room"; "with everything so upset"
broken, confused, disordered, upset
weakened and infirm
"broken health resulting from alcoholism"
broken
is similar to
diminished in strength, quality, or utility
"impaired eyesight"
impaired
destroyed financially
"the broken fortunes of the family"
broken, impoverished, wiped out
out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken')
"a broken washing machine"; "the coke machine is broken"; "the coke machine is busted"
broken, busted
discontinuous
"broken clouds"; "broken sunshine"
broken
is similar to
spread out or scattered about or divided up
distributed
domain category
the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather)
meteorology
lacking a part or parts
"a broken set of encyclopedia"
broken
is similar to
not complete or total; not completed
"an incomplete account of his life"; "political consequences of incomplete military success"; "an incomplete forward pass"
incomplete, uncomplete