broken-down

[ broh-kuh n-doun ]

/ ˈbroʊ kənˈdaʊn /

shattered or collapsed, as with age; infirm.

having given way with use or age; out of working order: a broken-down chair.

Origin of broken-down

First recorded in 1810–20

Here, instead of verbalizing her emotions, Winslet oozes dread via her broken-down visage, and slight mannerisms.

At Telluride, Jason Reitman’s ‘Labor Day’ Is Superbly Acted |Marlow Stern |August 30, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
"They go from broken-down, infected teeth or no teeth at all to feeling great about themselves again," she said.

Bad Teeth, Broken Dreams: Lack of Dental Care Keeps Many Out of Jobs |CNBC |June 13, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The Caine is finally decommissioned in the fall of 1945, after steaming its broken-down way home from Okinawa.

David's Bookclub: The Caine Mutiny |David Frum |January 28, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
It was a journey we made in a broken-down Lada that had no seat belts or windshield wipers.

With U.S. Adoption Ban, a Mother Fears for Russia’s Abandoned Kids |Janis Cooke Newman |December 28, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

So far Harry's tour of the Caribbean has been a riot of informality with booze, boogies and broken-down boats a-plenty.

Best Behaviour, Harry | |March 5, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
With trembling limbs he left the court-room a broken-down man.

The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I (of 2) |Alexandre Dumas pre
A Citizen of North America, whose nest is a wet bed of broken-down reeds, sometimes floating on the water of the marsh.

Citizen Bird |Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues
Ball was a broken-down pugilist who for over ten years had not entered the ring as a principal.

When God Laughs and Other Stories |Jack London
The name he gave me was Beljames, and he was reported to be a broken-down gentleman.

The Evil Genius |Wilkie Collins
There is a broken-down old stuff here by the name of Hazard.

The Bread Line |Albert Bigelow Paine

broken-down

worn out, as by age or long use; dilapidated a broken-down fence

not in working order a broken-down tractor

physically or mentally ill