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broken-down ADJ ECON

broken-down
عاطِل
broken-down
مُعَطَّل

broken down

be broken down VB

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The mental institution had been abandoned, but most of the structure remained in a broken-down state.
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In 1951 when the local beer company had a labor dispute they wished to get rid of thousands of broken-down used wooden pallets.
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There is also a broken-down windmill on the island.
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At one stage, two broken-down tanks were filled with explosives and placed on a culvert to collapse it and halt the enemy.
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For the moment, however, he simply decides to stay on the farm and to sleep in the broken-down car.
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A broken-down racehorse and a sick duck form the basis for his first misadventures.
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Sometimes we found the bones of men bleaching beside their broken-down and abandoned wagons.
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It was considered a rite of passage to own a broken-down vehicle.
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Six includes many horror film clichs in the first act, such as a broken-down car, lack of phone signal and very nave victims.
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The show is said to personalize the desperation and pain experienced by victims of a broken-down economy.
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