broken

verb

1. 1

   Also a form of breakpast participle of break

adjective

1. 1

   Fragmented; in separate pieces.

   One recent morning the team had to replace a broken weather research station.

   Local people say there were Russian and Chechen forces here.[…]Over here on the wall, one interesting detail- a single word, which someone has written in broken English: "Sori".

2. 2

   Fragmented; in separate pieces. Fractured; having the bone in pieces.

   My arm is broken!

   The ground was littered with broken bones.

3. 3

   Fragmented; in separate pieces. Split or ruptured.

   A dog bit my leg and now the skin is broken.

4. 4

   Fragmented; in separate pieces. Dashed; made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.

5. 5

   Fragmented; in separate pieces. Interrupted; not continuous.

   Then the circle would lie down again, and here and there a wolf would resume its broken nap.

6. 6

   Fragmented; in separate pieces. Five-eighths to seven-eighths obscured by clouds; incompletely covered by clouds.

   Tomorrow: broken skies.

7. 7

   Fragmented; in separate pieces. Having periods of silence scattered throughout; not regularly continuous.

   A cuckoo sat on a gate-post singing his broken June tune[.]

8. 8

   Breached; violated; not kept.

   broken promises of neutrality

   broken vows

   the broken covenant

9. 9

   Non-functional; not functioning properly.

   I think my doorbell is broken.

10. 10

    Non-functional; not functioning properly. Disconnected, no longer open or carrying traffic.

11. 11

    informalNon-functional; not functioning properly. Badly designed or implemented.

    This is the most broken application I've seen in a long time.

12. 12

    Non-functional; not functioning properly. Grammatically non-standard, especially as a result of being produced by a non-native speaker.

    His conversation was in French with Mailey and Roxton, who both spoke the language well, but he had to fall back upon broken English with Malone, who could only utter still more broken French in reply.

    Don't say it in Russian / Don't say it in German / Say it in broken English

13. 13

    Non-functional; not functioning properly. Not having gone in the way intended; saddening.

    Oh man! That is just broken!

14. 14

    Completely defeated and dispirited; shattered; destroyed.

    The bankruptcy and divorce, together with the death of his son, left him completely broken.

    He said, "Son, when you grow up / Would you be the savior of the broken / The beaten, and the damned?"

    And oh, maybe I see a part of me in them / The missing piece, always trying to fit in / The shattered heart, hungry for a home / No, you're not alone / I love the broken ones / I love the broken ones

15. 15

    Having no money; bankrupt, broke.

16. 16

    Uneven.

    All that day they rode into broken land. The prairie with its grass and rolling hills was behind them, and they entered a sparse, dry, rocky country, full of draws and short cañons and ominous buttresses.

17. 17

    Overpowered; overly powerful; giving a player too much power.

    This item is incredibly broken. I win almost every run I get to use it.

Forms

comparative

more broken

superlative

most broken