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Broken

/ˈbrəʊkən/
Something that is in pieces or not functioning properly

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Examples:

The chair is broken.She fixed the broken window.

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etymology
The word broken originates from Old English brocen, past participle of brecan, meaning to break, coming from Proto-Germanic *brakô, and further back to Proto-Indo-European *bhreg-, meaning to break.

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