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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But it has also been inundated with claims since it wrote more policies in damaged areas than other insurers, accounting for nearly one third of claims.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Dozens of homes and buildings were damaged by debris flow, including 15 homes that were red-tagged.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

In the north-eastern Kharkiv region, five people were reported injured and a number of residential houses damaged.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

The researchers discovered that lysosomes in aged HSCs become excessively acidic, damaged, depleted, and abnormally active.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

Only the zebra fish, though, can do the truly necessary thing: If his heart is broken or damaged or destroyed, he can grow a new one.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

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