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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. having the spine damaged;
- Example: "a broken-backed book"
- Example: "a broken-backed old horse"

2. (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth;

3. (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end;
[syn: broken-backed, hogged]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

damaged \damaged\ (d[a^]m"[asl]jd), adj.
   1. changed so as to reduce value, function, or other
      desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Opposite
      of undamaged. [Narrower terms: battered, beat-up,
      beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated,
      ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound; bent, crumpled,
      dented; blasted, rent, ripped, torn; broken-backed;
      burned-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate),
      burnt-out(prenominal), burnt out(predicate); burst,
      ruptured; corroded; cracked, crackled, crazed;
      defaced, marred; hurt, weakened;
      knocked-out(prenominal), knocked out; mangled,
      mutilated; peeling; scraped, scratched;
      storm-beaten] Also See blemished, broken, damaged,
      destroyed, impaired, injured, unsound.
      [WordNet 1.5]

   2. Rendered imperfect by impairing the integrity of some
      part, or by breaking. Opposite of unbroken. [Narrower
      terms: busted; chipped; cracked; crumbled,
      fragmented; crushed, ground; dissolved; fractured;
      shattered, smashed, splintered; split; unkept,
      violated] Also See: damaged, imperfect, injured,
      unsound.

   Syn: broken.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   3. being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged
      reputation.

   Syn: discredited.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   4. made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as,
      the senator's seriously damaged reputation.

   Syn: besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied,
        tainted, tarnished.
        [WordNet 1.5]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Broken-backed \Bro"ken-backed`\, a.
   1. Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Naut.) Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at
      each end; -- said of a ship. --Totten.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

broken-backed
    adj 1: having the spine damaged; "a broken-backed book"; "a
           broken-backed old horse"
    2: (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth
    3: (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end [syn: broken-
       backed, hogged]