kaput
adjective
[ kəˈpʊt ]
• broken and useless; no longer working or effective.
• "the water pump's broken, kaput"
Similar:
broken,
malfunctioning,
broken-down,
inoperative,
ruined,
destroyed,
smashed,
wrecked,
useless,
finished,
at an end,
defunct,
extinct,
dead,
done for,
toast,
Origin:
late 19th century: from German kaputt, from French (être) capot ‘(be) without tricks in a card game’; compare with capot.
