totaled

5.5

So badly damaged a car cannot be fixed and costs more to repair than it is worth

adjective
/ˈtoʊtld/

: siniestrado

The insurance company declared the sedan totaled after assessing the damage.

They are heavily damaged and totaled.

Examples

After the accident, her car was completely totaled and unrepairable.
The report stated that the vehicle had been totaled in the collision.
I come there and they have somehow totaled my car in a parking lot.

Synonyms

to smashed up

vstotaled

Informal

1 4.8

Become damaged or broken into pieces after a hard hit

focuses on repair cost exceeding value rather than mere physical breakage

ruined

vstotaled

1 3.1

Badly damaged so it cannot be fixed or returned to how it was before

focuses on vehicles and on repair costs exceeding value

wrecked

vstotaled

4.0

Badly damaged after an accident or disaster

specifies repair costs exceed value rather than only accident damage

destroyed

vstotaled

2.8

Very badly damaged and no longer usable, often after a war or storm

adds vehicle context and the idea that repairs cost more than value

Antonyms

salvageable

12 5.3

Something you can save or fix after damage

How Damaged

totaled

5.5

wrecked

4.0

damaged

1 1.1

scuffed

1 3.2

undamaged

12 2.4

Surface Forms

totaled positive

totalled positive

Morphology

totaled = total (transparent) = total + ed

Formed by the regular past-participle/adjectival -ed from the verb 'total'; the meaning 'declared a vehicle a total loss / completely destroyed' is a standard derived meaning and is inferable from the base.

Etymology

Totaled comes from total, which means 'whole', so a 'totaled' car is a 'total loss', damaged so much it is not worth fixing.