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broken-backed

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: broken-backed

1
adj
having the spine damaged
2
adj
(of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: broken-backed
1

adj having the spine damaged

“a broken-backed book”
“a broken-backed old horse”
Synonyms
damaged
harmed or injured or spoiled

adj (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth

Synonyms
unfit
not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition
2

adj (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end

Synonyms:
hogged
bulging, convex
curving or bulging outward
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