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half-broken

half-broken adjective: halfway or partially broken; somewhat broken.

Adjective

half-broken (comparative more half-broken, superlative most half-broken)

  1. Halfway or partially broken; somewhat broken.

Forms of half-broken

comparativemore half-broken
superlativemost half-broken

Origin of half-broken

From Middle English *half-broken, from Old English healfbrocen (“half-broken”), equivalent to half- + broken. Compare Dutch half gebroken (“half-broken”).

Questions about half-broken

What does half-broken mean?
Half-broken means halfway or partially broken; somewhat broken.
What part of speech is half-broken?
Half-broken is an adjective.

Words near half-broken in the dictionary

  1. half-bred
  2. half-breds
  3. half-breed
  4. half-breeds
  5. half-brethren
  6. half-broken
  7. half-brother
  8. half-brothers
  9. half-built
  10. half-caf
  11. half-cafs

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