Definition of "broken-backed" [bro•ken-backed]

• Having a broken back (adjective)
• Drooping at each end because of a damaged spine (adjective)
• Decrepit, weakened (adjective)

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• "Yet the drama, in Alexander Medvedev's libretto, excellently translated by Pountney, is at times broken-backed."
• "People sat here and there in broken-backed kitchen chairs, sipping tea under the shade of bamboo and burlap."
• "Iran is no broken-backed land enfeebled by decades of war and sanctions."