kaput
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8.2
- adjective
- /kəˈpʊt/
- Informal
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roto
- The old car is completely kaput and needs to be replaced.
- go kaput
And then as you heal and are able to get more detached, there will come that moment when their greatest love story, love of my life soulmate, goes kaput.
- And then as you heal and are able to get more detached, there will come that moment when their greatest love story, love of my life soulmate, goes kaput.
Examples
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Without brains, you're kaput.
Fiction book (1995) -
Falwell's death led to a new round of claims that the religious right is kaput.
Academic text (2007) -
Just said the marriage was kaput and that was it.
Fiction book (1997) -
And many years ago, when the stock market went kaput, I lost almost all my savings.
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-The garage door opener went kaput.
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They told me I was kaput, finished, all washed up.
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My powers are kaput.
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It's kaput.
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My tummy's all kaput.
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"Private pensions are largely kaput, and many 401(k)s were also wiped out in the crash.
Blog text (7)
Synonyms
∞
5.5
No longer alive
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7.7
Very likely to fail or die and cannot be saved
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7.1
You cannot use it because it does not work
3
7.5
So damaged that it cannot be saved or fixed
A thing that is too damaged to be fixed and used again
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Kaput comes from the German kaputt, which means 'broken' or 'done for', and that German word probably comes from the French capot, a word for being 'knocked out' in games. So when something is kaput, it is 'knocked out' and no longer works.