Meaning & use

broken

adjective·Everyday

Damaged, shattered, or no longer working as it should.

See it in a sentence

The window was broken during the storm and needed to be replaced.

He tried to fix the broken printer before the deadline.

A note on using this word

Broken can also describe imperfect speech, as in 'broken English,' meaning spoken with noticeable grammatical errors.

Words with a similar meaning

damagedshattered

Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.

Words with an opposite meaning

intactwhole

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