broken-down adj 1: in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack" [syn: {bedraggled}, {dilapidated}, {ramshackle}, {tatterdemalion}, {tumble-down}, {unsound}] 2: not in working order; "had to push the broken-down car"; "a broken-down tractor fit only for children to play on"