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broken-down adjective [ ˌbrəʊk(ə)nˈdaʊn ]

• worn out and dilapidated by age, use, or ill-treatment.
• "a broken-down shack"
Similar: dilapidated, ramshackle, rickety, tumbledown, run down, worn out, in disrepair, battered, decayed, crumbling, deteriorated, falling to pieces, gone to rack and ruin, the worse for wear,
Opposite: smart, chic,


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