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by -NUNYA-- on November 21st, 2009

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What is another way to say "broken"?

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  • by hurricane on November 21st, 2009

    hurricane

    Kaput

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  • by Major Look at yerself on November 21st, 2009

    Major Look at yerself

    Busted

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  • by Brian I on November 21st, 2009

    Brian I

    I tend to say buggered, but it may be too impolite in some circles.

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  • by Megan on November 21st, 2009

    Megan

    Busted
    F**ked
    Damaged
    Worthless
    FUBAR
    Rubbish
    Kaput

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  • by philosopher on November 21st, 2009

    philosopher

    Fell a part.

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  • by -_You Can Leave Your Hat On....- on November 21st, 2009

    -_You Can Leave Your Hat On....-

    trashed! :)

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  • by VenusHalley on November 21st, 2009

    VenusHalley

    Kaput.

    f***ed up.

    out of order.

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  • by Kewl Guy - has gone 360 on November 21st, 2009

    Kewl Guy - has gone 360

    FUBAR

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  • by -- CT -- on November 21st, 2009

    -- CT --

    Out of action or no longer working!! :D

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  • by JennaK on November 21st, 2009

    JennaK

    Knackered

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  • by moonchild on November 21st, 2009

    moonchild

    "Knackered"...very bad English, but used often :)

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  • by Stranger in a Strange Land on November 21st, 2009

    Stranger in a Strange Land

    Out of order, FUBAR, sh*t the bed. +4

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  • by tary jon little on November 21st, 2009

    tary jon little

    Uh how about trashy.

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  • by Triss on January 8th, 2010

    Triss

    Answerbag...

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  • by Snoteze on January 7th, 2010

    Snoteze

    broken :
    aggravated, aloof, ausgespielt, bankrupt, beaten, blasted, blighted, broke, broken-down, broken off, brought low, bumpy, burned, burst, busted, capricious, careening, catchy, chastened, checked, chipped, chopped-off, choppy, coarse-grained, coarse, conditioned, conquered, corrugated, cracked, crazed, cross-grained, crushed, cut, damaged, debilitated, decousu, defeated, defied, dejected, demoralized, desolated, destitute, destroyed, desultory, detached, deteriorated, devastated, deviative, disciplined, disconnected, discontinued, discontinuous, discouraged, discrete, disintegrated, disjointed, disjunctive, disobeyed, dispirited, disregarded, disturbed, docile, domesticated, done for, done in, dovelike, down-and-out, eccentric, embittered, enfeebled, episodic, erratic, exacerbated, failed, fallen, felled, finished, fitful, flattened, flickering, fluctuating, fractured, fragmentary, fragmented, gapped, gentle, gone to pot, grainy, granulated, guttering, halting, harmed, haywire, herky-jerky, heteroclite, homespun, horripilant, housebroke, housebroken, humble, humbled, humiliated, hurt, ignored, immethodical, impaired, imperfect, in bits, in disrepair, in pieces, in receivership, in ruins, in shards, incoherent, inconsistent, inconstant, inequal, infringed, injured, inoperative, insolvent, intermittent, intermitting, interrupted, irregular, irremediable, irritated, jagged, jerky, jolty, kaput, lacerated, lamblike, licked, linsey-woolsey, lurching, made to grovel, mangled, mastered, meek, mild, mutilated, nonadherent, nonadhesive, noncoherent, noncohesive, noncontinuous, nonlinear, nonsequential, nonserial, nonuniform, obedient, on the blink, on the fritz, on the rocks, open, out of commission, out of condition, out of gear, out of joint, out of kelter, out of kilter, out of order, out of repair, out of tune, out of whack, overthrown, pacific, parenthetic, patchy, peaceable, pimply, pitted, pocky, potholed, pulverized, put down, quelled, quiet, rambling, rank, ravaged, reduced, rent, ripply, rough-cast, rough-grained, rough-hewn, rough, ruffled, ruined, ruinous, ruptured, rutted, rutty, scalded, scorched, scrappy, shagged, shaggy, shattered, shivered, slashed, slit, smashed, snatchy, spasmatic, spasmic, spasmodic, spastic, splintered, split, spoiled, sporadic, spotty, sprung, staggering, subdued, subjugated, suppressed, suspended, tame, tamed, tenuous, textured, the worse for, torn, trained, transgressed, unadhesive, uncertain, uncoherent, uncohesive, unconnected, undone, unequal, uneven, unjoined, unkempt, unlevel, unmethodical, unmetrical, unpolished, unrefined, unregular, unrhythmical, unsettled, unsmooth, unsteady, unsuccessive, unsystematic, untenacious, ununiform, vanquished, variable, veering, violated, wandering, wasted, wavering, weakened, wimpled, wobbling, wobbly, worse, worse off, worsened, wrecked

  • by Snoteze on January 7th, 2010

    Snoteze

    broken :
    aggravated, aloof, ausgespielt, bankrupt, beaten, blasted, blighted, broke, broken-down, broken off, brought low, bumpy, burned, burst, busted, capricious, careening, catchy, chastened, checked, chipped, chopped-off, choppy, coarse-grained, coarse, conditioned, conquered, corrugated, cracked, crazed, cross-grained, crushed, cut, damaged, debilitated, decousu, defeated, defied, dejected, demoralized, desolated, destitute, destroyed, desultory, detached, deteriorated, devastated, deviative, disciplined, disconnected, discontinued, discontinuous, discouraged, discrete, disintegrated, disjointed, disjunctive, disobeyed, dispirited, disregarded, disturbed, docile, domesticated, done for, done in, dovelike, down-and-out, eccentric, embittered, enfeebled, episodic, erratic, exacerbated, failed, fallen, felled, finished, fitful, flattened, flickering, fluctuating, fractured, fragmentary, fragmented, gapped, gentle, gone to pot, grainy, granulated, guttering, halting, harmed, haywire, herky-jerky, heteroclite, homespun, horripilant, housebroke, housebroken, humble, humbled, humiliated, hurt, ignored, immethodical, impaired, imperfect, in bits, in disrepair, in pieces, in receivership, in ruins, in shards, incoherent, inconsistent, inconstant, inequal, infringed, injured, inoperative, insolvent, intermittent, intermitting, interrupted, irregular, irremediable, irritated, jagged, jerky, jolty, kaput, lacerated, lamblike, licked, linsey-woolsey, lurching, made to grovel, mangled, mastered, meek, mild, mutilated, nonadherent, nonadhesive, noncoherent, noncohesive, noncontinuous, nonlinear, nonsequential, nonserial, nonuniform, obedient, on the blink, on the fritz, on the rocks, open, out of commission, out of condition, out of gear, out of joint, out of kelter, out of kilter, out of order, out of repair, out of tune, out of whack, overthrown, pacific, parenthetic, patchy, peaceable, pimply, pitted, pocky, potholed, pulverized, put down, quelled, quiet, rambling, rank, ravaged, reduced, rent, ripply, rough-cast, rough-grained, rough-hewn, rough, ruffled, ruined, ruinous, ruptured, rutted, rutty, scalded, scorched, scrappy, shagged, shaggy, shattered, shivered, slashed, slit, smashed, snatchy, spasmatic, spasmic, spasmodic, spastic, splintered, split, spoiled, sporadic, spotty, sprung, staggering, subdued, subjugated, suppressed, suspended, tame, tamed, tenuous, textured, the worse for, torn, trained, transgressed, unadhesive, uncertain, uncoherent, uncohesive, unconnected, undone, unequal, uneven, unjoined, unkempt, unlevel, unmethodical, unmetrical, unpolished, unrefined, unregular, unrhythmical, unsettled, unsmooth, unsteady, unsuccessive, unsystematic, untenacious, ununiform, vanquished, variable, veering, violated, wandering, wasted, wavering, weakened, wimpled, wobbling, wobbly, worse, worse off, worsened, wrecked

    Hope this helps.

    Cheers
    Snoteze

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  • by Kat on December 14th, 2009

    Kat

    Fragmented

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  • by L. Taylor on December 3rd, 2009

    L. Taylor

    Synonyms:
    annihilate, batter, burst, bust, bust up, crack, crash, crush, damage, demolish, disintegrate, divide, eradicate, finish off, fracture, fragment, make hash of, make mincemeat of, part, pull to pieces, rend, separate, sever, shatter, shiver, smash, snap, splinter, split, tear, torpedo, total, trash*

    courtesy of:

    http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/broken

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  • by Anonymous on December 3rd, 2009

    Anonymous

    fubared

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  • by Anonymous on November 21st, 2009

    Anonymous

    In English, you could say: "ruptured". In French, you could say: "brisé".

  • by Thriftymaid on November 21st, 2009

    Thriftymaid

    kaputt

  • by Sharona Life is a Tale Told by an Idiot on November 21st, 2009

    Sharona Life is a Tale Told by an Idiot

    Cracked

  • by xxemmajamesxx on November 21st, 2009

    xxemmajamesxx

    Shattered?
    Fractured?

  • by Finny wears a COAT of Romance on November 21st, 2009

    Finny wears a COAT of Romance

    Roto
    +5

  • by Natylino121 on November 21st, 2009

    Natylino121

    into pieces

  • by Hagar on November 21st, 2009

    Hagar

    BROther KENneth

  • by RubyReds on November 21st, 2009

    RubyReds

    Caput!

  • by Marguerite on November 21st, 2009

    Marguerite

    tamed, as a horse can get "broken".

  • by Steve Austin on November 21st, 2009

    Steve Austin

    America

  • by CatLover-The Original is Proudly Canadian on November 21st, 2009

    CatLover-The Original is Proudly Canadian

    Burnt out or Fried

  • by Shemarq feels like changing it up on November 21st, 2009

    Shemarq feels like changing it up

    When I got my tubes tied, my husband said I was broken (instead of fixed). He was just being silly of course.

  • by Scooby on November 21st, 2009

    Scooby

    Broke! :-/

  • by Matrixbarf on November 21st, 2009

    Matrixbarf

    Source: reference.com

    Main Entry: broken
    Part of Speech: adjective
    Definition: destroyed; made into pieces from a whole
    Synonyms:
    burst, busted, collapsed, cracked, crippled, crumbled, crushed, damaged, defective, demolished, disintegrated, dismembered, fractured, fragmentary, fragmented, hurt, in pieces, injured, mangled, mutilated, pulverized, rent, riven, ruptured, separated, severed, shattered, shivered, shredded, slivered, smashed, split

  • by SumoAZ on November 21st, 2009

    SumoAZ

    malfunctioning

  • by therapist on November 21st, 2009

    therapist

    It needs repaired

  • by GiraffeyedDonor-ish on November 21st, 2009

    GiraffeyedDonor-ish

    "Ouch"

  • by philosopher on November 21st, 2009

    philosopher

    Fell a part.

  • by keiran on November 21st, 2009

    keiran

    Out of use, in need of repair

  • by Just Plain Barb on November 21st, 2009

    Just Plain Barb

    On the fritz

  • by Kat on November 21st, 2009

    Kat

    "Shattered". "Gebreek". Afrikaans language, South Africa

  • by tempus on November 21st, 2009

    tempus

    crushed...smashed +5

  • by U C ME on November 21st, 2009

    U  C  ME

    Fractured! +5

  • by nanapak is leaving for good on November 21st, 2009

    nanapak is leaving for good

    - not working
    - there is something wrong with it
    - it's useless

  • by Salty Light on November 21st, 2009

    Salty Light

    damaged

  • by al on November 21st, 2009

    al

    it's done.

  • by Mrs Anonymous on November 21st, 2009

    Mrs Anonymous

    Blowklen!!As in "You knocked my teeth out ,again!"

  • by byankno1 on November 21st, 2009

    byankno1

    completely destroyed....devastated....(I'd suggest you use a thesaurus to help you answer this question.) A thesaurus is available at www.M-w.com 's site(Merriam-Webster).)

  • by azlotto on November 21st, 2009

    azlotto

    Assume crash positions.

    +5

  • by jbrecken on November 21st, 2009

    jbrecken

    ruined

  • by tuvw on November 21st, 2009

    tuvw

    Damaged.

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