BROKEN-DOWN

• (adj.) in deplorable condition

  "a street of bedraggled tenements", "a broken-down fence", "a ramshackle old pier", "a tumble-down shack"

  synonyms : bedraggled , derelict , dilapidated , ramshackle , tatterdemalion , tumble-down

  After a tour of the dilapidated building, he discovered it was hopeless to renovate. -added by Administrator

• (adj.) not in working order

  "had to push the broken-down car", "a broken-down tractor fit only for children to play on"

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