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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. out of working order (`busted'; is an informal substitute for `broken');
- Example: "a broken washing machine"
- Example: "the coke machine is broken"
- Example: "the coke machine is busted"
[syn: broken, busted]


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:

busted \busted\ adj. 1. Inoperable due to damage; broken; -- of a machine; as, the coke machine is busted. [informal] [WordNet 1.5] 2. Arrested for committing a crime; -- of a person; as, the rock star was busted for coke possession.. [informal] [PJC] 3. [predicate] same as demoted; -- said especially of military rank, and often folowed by to; as, he was busted to corporal for being AWOL. [PJC] 4. [predicate] same as exhausted; -- of people. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

busted adj 1: out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken'); "a broken washing machine"; "the coke machine is broken"; "the coke machine is busted" [syn: broken, busted]