damaged

ADJECTIVE

broken, not working

Synonyms

STRONGEST

flawed impaired injured run-down

STRONG

bent blemished busted dinged down flubbed gone hurt marred shot snafued spoiled sunk totaled

WEAK

beat-up fouled-up glitched imperfect in need of repair in poor condition in smithereens kaput loused up messed-up mucked up no-go on the blink on the fritz out of action out of kilter out of whack screwed-up unsound

Antonyms

STRONGEST

healthy

WEAK

OK fixed mended perfect repaired unbroken undamaged working

Example Sentences

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Upon sailing into the harbor, they realized the frigate was too damaged to sail, so rather than leave it in enemy hands, they burned it to the waterline.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2026

Several sites around the coastal city of Bushehr have been damaged or completely destroyed since 9 March, images show.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2026

Lacunar stroke develops when the brain's tiniest blood vessels are damaged by a condition known as small vessel disease.

From Science Daily • Jul. 3, 2026

Repairing damaged infrastructure, maintaining stretched emergency services and installing ACs in schools squeezes budgets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026

The damaged copy of a gene is reconstructed using the complementary strand, or the second copy of the gene, as its guide.*

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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