1. In deplorable condition
   "a broken-down fence"
   - bedraggled, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down, dero [Austral, NZ], derro [Austral, NZ] 
2. Not in working order
   "had to push the broken-down car"; "a broken-down tractor fit only for children to play on"
   - cactus [Austral, NZ]

See also: damaged, unserviceable

• extrinsic
• extrinsic fraud
• extropic
• extropy
• extrorse
• extrospective
• extroversion
• extroversive
• extrovert
• extroverted
• extrovertish
• extrovertive
• extrude
• extrusion
• extrusive
• exuberance
• exuberant
• exuberantly
• exuberate
• exudate
• exudation
• exude
• exult
• exultant
• exultantly