broken

Universal Words adjective damaged 1 that has been damaged or injured; no longer whole or working correctly: a broken window / plate * a broken leg / arm * pieces of broken glass * How did this dish get broken? * The TV's broken. seealsoBROKENHEART relationship 2 [usuallybeforenoun] ended or destroyed: a broken marriage / engagement seealsoBROKENHOME promise / agreement 3 [usuallybeforenoun] not kept not continuous 4 [usuallybeforenoun] not continuous; disturbed or interrupted: a night of broken sleep * a single broken white line across the road person 5 [onlybeforenoun] made weak and tired by illness or difficulties: He was a broken man after the failure of his business. language 6 [onlybeforenoun] (of a language that is not your own) spoken slowly and with a lot of mistakes; not FLUENT: to speak in broken English ground 7 having a rough surface: an area of broken, rocky ground seealsoBREAK, BROKE, BROKENv.