Broken

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broken

Usage: adj.

broken: adj.

1. Not working according to design (of programs). This is the mainstream sense.
2. Improperly designed, This sense carries a more or less disparaging implication that the designer should have known better, while sense 1 doesn't necessarily assign blame. Which of senses 1 or 2 is intended is conveyed by context and nonverbal cues.
3. Behaving strangely; especially (when used of people) exhibiting extreme depression.

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