Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

broken down

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.84 in modern English

Syllables: bro-ken -down
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

past participle of break down

adj

No longer in working order; broken.

adj

Of a horse, no longer useful for work or riding due to illness or infirmity.

adj

Ruined in character or strength.

adj

Separated into component parts; decomposed; disassembled; deconstructed.

Example Sentences

"We looked our last upon them and the indescribable rosy glow in which they lay, and then with hearts far too heavy for words we left them, and crept thence broken-down men - so broken down that we even renounced the chance of practically immortal life, because all that made life valuable had gone from us, and we knew even then that to prolong our days indefinitely would only be to prolong our sufferings."

Inflected Forms

more broken down (comparative) most broken down (superlative)

Synonyms

dead

Questions

What does broken down mean?: past participle of break down

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