The difference between Broken and Unbroken
When used as adjectives, broken means fractured, whereas unbroken means whole, not divided into parts.
check bellow for the other definitions of Broken and Unbroken
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Broken as a verb:
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Broken as an adjective (of a, bone or body part):
Fragmented, in separate pieces. Fractured; having the bone in pieces. Split or ruptured. Dashed, made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next. Interrupted; not continuous. Five-eighths to seven-eighths obscured by clouds; incompletely covered by clouds.
Examples:
"My arm is broken!"
"the ground was littered with broken bones"
"One recent morning the team had to replace a broken weather research station. [[File:One recent morning the team had to replace a broken weather research station.ogg]]"
"A dog bit my leg and now the skin is broken."
"Tomorrow: broken skies."
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Broken as an adjective (of a, promise, etc):
Breached; violated; not kept.
Examples:
"'broken promises of neutrality"
"'broken vows"
"the broken covenant"
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Broken as an adjective (of an, electronic connection):
Non-functional; not functioning properly. Disconnected, no longer open or carrying traffic. Badly designed or implemented. Grammatically non-standard, especially as a result of being a non-native speaker. Not having gone in the way intended; saddening.
Examples:
"I think my doorbell is broken."
"This is the most broken application I've seen in a long time."
"Oh man! That is just broken!"
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Broken as an adjective (of a, person):
Completely defeated and dispirited; shattered; destroyed.
Examples:
"The bankruptcy and divorce, together with the death of his son, left him completely broken."
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Broken as an adjective:
Having no money; bankrupt, broke.
Examples:
"rfquote-sense en"
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Broken as an adjective (of land):
Uneven.
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Broken as an adjective (sports, and, gaming, of a tactic or option):
Overpowered; overly powerful; too powerful.
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Unbroken as an adjective:
Whole, not divided into parts.
Examples:
"After the vase had fallen down the flight of stairs we were amazed to find it still unbroken."
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Unbroken as an adjective:
Of a horse, not tamed.
Examples:
"There is something majestic about the spirit of an unbroken mustang as it runs wild across the prairie."
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Unbroken as an adjective:
Continuous, without interruption.
Examples:
"The team's unbroken winning streak was a record."
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Unbroken as a verb:
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Compare with synonyms and related words:
- broken vs burst
- broken vs split
- broken vs intermittent
- broken vs spasmodic
- broken vs violated
- borked vs broken
- broken vs malfunctioning
- broken vs rekt
- broken vs destitute
- broken vs skint
- OP vs broken
- broken vs unbalanced
- complete vs unbroken
- entire vs unbroken
- unbroken vs undivided
- unbroken vs whole
- broken vs unbroken
- shattered vs unbroken
- smashed vs unbroken
- split vs unbroken
- unbroken vs untamed
- unbroken vs wild
- domesticated vs unbroken
- tame vs unbroken
- tamed vs unbroken
- continuous vs unbroken
- unbroken vs uninterrupted
- broken vs unbroken
- interrupted vs unbroken