broken

adjective17

1. •
   in separate pieces, and no longer whole

   • One recent morning the team had to replace a broken weather research station.
2. •
   Fractured; having the bone in pieces.

   • My arm is broken!
   • The ground was littered with broken bones.
3. •
   Split or ruptured.

   • A dog bit my leg and now the skin is broken.
4. •
   Non-functional; not functioning properly.

   • I think my doorbell is broken.
5. •
   Disconnected, no longer open or carrying traffic.
6. •
   (informal) Badly designed or implemented.

   • This is the most broken application I've seen in a long time.
7. •
   Breached; violated; not kept.

   • broken promises of neutrality
   • broken vows
8. •
   Dashed; made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.
9. •
   Interrupted; not continuous.

   • Then the circle would lie down again, and here and there a wolf would resume its broken nap. — 1906
10. •
    Five-eighths to seven-eighths obscured by clouds; incompletely covered by clouds.

    • Tomorrow: broken skies.
11. •
    Having periods of silence scattered throughout; not regularly continuous.

    • A cuckoo sat on a gate-post singing his broken June tune[.] — 1906
12. •
    Completely defeated and dispirited; shattered; destroyed.

    • The bankruptcy and divorce, together with the death of his son, left him completely broken.
13. •
    Grammatically non-standard, especially as a result of being produced by a non-native speaker.

    • Don't say it in Russian / Don't say it in German / Say it in broken English — 1979
14. •
    Uneven.
15. •
    Overpowered; overly powerful; giving a player too much power.

    • This item is incredibly broken. I win almost every run I get to use it.
16. •
    Having no money; bankrupt, broke.
17. •
    (US, informal) Not having gone in the way intended; saddening.

    • Oh man! That is just broken!