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- adjective
- /ˈbroʊkən/
- The court ruled that the broken contract had caused significant financial losses.
- broken promises
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- Like we share a bond in between that if broken, it actually hurts.
- And so it shows up in broken promises or, or burnout, right?
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Like we share a bond in between that if broken, it actually hurts.
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But that promise seriously has been broken in the in the past years.
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Broken appointments are charged double.
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And so it shows up in broken promises or, or burnout, right?
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Broken families.
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Broken marriage.
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Broken love affairs, bankruptcies, shameful deeds they want to forget.
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Public Citizen, a prominent U.S.-based NGO and early critic of free trade, published a report provocatively titled NAFTA's Broken Promises.
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They were heartbroken over the broken promises from their leaders.
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He felt betrayed by the broken agreement they had both signed.
Synonyms
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Not completed, for example an order not yet sent to a customer
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Promises or agreements that someone does not follow
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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To keep saying the same complaint again and again until people get annoyed
- Informal
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Act carefully to avoid causing trouble in a tense, painful situation
Compounds
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Deep sadness and pain you feel after losing or being rejected by someone you love
- Literature
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A way to describe serious social and economic problems in the United Kingdom
- Jargon
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Movement by a player using quick, sudden direction changes to avoid other players
How Fulfilled
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Surface Forms
Morphology
broken = break (transparent) = break + en
The adjectival 'broken' meaning 'violated' is directly from 'break' (to break a promise) with the past-participle formation.
Etymology
Broken comes from the verb break, as in 'to break a promise', which means 'not to keep' what you said. So a broken promise is one that was not kept.