| broken | | |
| adj. | 1. broken | physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split.; "a broken mirror"; "a broken tooth"; "a broken leg"; "his neck is broken" |
| ~ damaged | harmed or injured or spoiled.; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings" |
| ~ injured | harmed.; "injured soldiers"; "injured feelings" |
| ~ imperfect | not perfect; defective or inadequate.; "had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect" |
| ~ unsound | not sound financially.; "unsound banking practices" |
| adj. | 2. broken | not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly.; "broken lines of defense"; "a broken cable transmission"; "broken sleep"; "tear off the stub above the broken line"; "a broken note"; "broken sobs" |
| ~ broken-field | varying in direction suddenly and frequently.; "broken-field running" |
| ~ dashed, dotted | having gaps or spaces.; "sign on the dotted line" |
| ~ off-and-on, fitful, interrupted | intermittently stopping and starting.; "fitful (or interrupted) sleep"; "off-and-on static" |
| ~ halting | fragmentary or halting from emotional strain.; "uttered a few halting words of sorrow" |
| ~ noncontinuous, discontinuous | not continuing without interruption in time or space.; "discontinuous applause"; "the landscape was a discontinuous mosaic of fields and forest areas"; "he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling" |
| adj. | 3. broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated, low | subdued or brought low in condition or status.; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit" |
| ~ humble | marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful.; "a humble apology"; "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions" |
| adj. | 4. broken, unkept | (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded.; "broken (or unkept) promises"; "broken contracts" |
| ~ contract | a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law. |
| adj. | 5. broken, broken in | tamed or trained to obey.; "a horse broken to the saddle"; "this old nag is well broken in" |
| ~ tamed, tame | brought from wildness into a domesticated state.; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries" |
| adj. | 6. broken, rugged | topographically very uneven.; "broken terrain"; "rugged ground" |
| ~ rough, unsmooth | having or caused by an irregular surface.; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face" |
| adj. | 7. broken | imperfectly spoken or written.; "broken English" |
| ~ imperfect | not perfect; defective or inadequate.; "had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect" |
| adj. | 8. broken, confused, disordered, upset | thrown into a state of disarray or confusion.; "troops fleeing in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on the desk"; "the small disordered room"; "with everything so upset" |
| ~ disorganised, disorganized | lacking order or methodical arrangement or function.; "a disorganized enterprise"; "a thousand pages of muddy and disorganized prose"; "she was too disorganized to be an agreeable roommate" |
| adj. | 9. broken | weakened and infirm.; "broken health resulting from alcoholism" |
| ~ impaired | diminished in strength, quality, or utility.; "impaired eyesight" |
| adj. | 10. broken, impoverished, wiped out | destroyed financially.; "the broken fortunes of the family" |
| ~ destroyed | spoiled or ruined or demolished.; "war left many cities destroyed"; "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind" |
| adj. | 11. broken, busted | out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken').; "a broken washing machine"; "the coke machine is broken"; "the coke machine is busted" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ damaged | harmed or injured or spoiled.; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings" |
| adj. | 12. broken | discontinuous.; "broken clouds"; "broken sunshine" |
| ~ meteorology | the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather). |
| ~ distributed | spread out or scattered about or divided up. |
| adj. | 13. broken | lacking a part or parts.; "a broken set of encyclopedia" |
| ~ incomplete, uncomplete | not complete or total; not completed.; "an incomplete account of his life"; "political consequences of incomplete military success"; "an incomplete forward pass" |
| hamper | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. bond, hamper, shackle, trammel | a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner). |
| ~ ball and chain | heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chain. |
| ~ fetter, hobble | a shackle for the ankles or feet. |
| ~ handcuff, handlock, manacle, cuff | shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs. |
| ~ chains, irons | metal shackles; for hands or legs. |
| ~ constraint, restraint | a device that retards something's motion.; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. hamper | a basket usually with a cover. |
| ~ basket, handbasket | a container that is usually woven and has handles. |
| ~ clothes basket, clothes hamper, laundry basket, voider | a hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried. |
| ~ food hamper | a hamper for packing and transporting food. |
| v. (change) | 3. cramp, halter, hamper, strangle | prevent the progress or free movement of.; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries" |
| ~ confine, limit, throttle, restrain, trammel, bound, restrict | place limits on (extent or access).; "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" |
| v. (competition) | 4. hamper, handicap, hinder | put at a disadvantage.; "The brace I have to wear is hindering my movements" |
| ~ disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour | put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm.; "This rule clearly disadvantages me" |
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