broken-backed

from 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}]
    
from 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]
    
from 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]
    

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