broke
Without a cent
Broke is the past tense of break, but it has developed its own life as an adjective meaning without money: I'm broke until payday, flat broke, dead broke.
To go broke is to lose all your money or go bankrupt.
To go for broke is to risk everything on a single attempt.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it advises against unnecessary changes to something that works.
Unable to repay debts
- destituteUtterly without means
- impoverishedExtremely lacking in money
- indigentExtremely poor, lacking necessities
- insolventUnable to pay debts
strapped · skint · hard up · cash-strapped · penurious · needy · poor · pauperized
Having surface fractures
- fracturedSplit or splintered
- shatteredBroken into fragments
- splinteredBroken into sharp slivers
- snappedBroke with sudden force
busted · smashed · ruined · wrecked · kaput · destroyed · mangled · crushed
Having lost a contest
- crushedCompressed into fragments
- vanquishedDefeated completely
- overcomePrevail against difficulty
- conqueredDefeated and took control
demoralized · whipped · thrashed · routed · trounced · overpowered · humiliated · bested
Taught a skill
- gentledMade calm and manageable
- domesticatedBred under human care
- subduedReduced in intensity
- schooledFormally taught something
Allocating funds systematically
- thriftCareful use of resources
- frugalityEconomical resource management
- economizingReducing expenditures deliberately
- cutbacksReductions in spending
penny-pinching · scrimping · belt-tightening · saving · stretching · sacrifice · restraint · austerity
bankrupt
Unable to repay debts
- destituteUtterly without means
- impoverishedExtremely lacking in money
- indigentExtremely poor, lacking necessities
insolvent · strapped · skint · hard up · cash-strapped · penurious · needy · poor · pauperized · beggarly
cracked
Having surface fractures
- fracturedSplit or splintered
- shatteredBroken into fragments
- splinteredBroken into sharp slivers
snapped · busted · smashed · ruined · wrecked · kaput · destroyed · mangled · crushed · split
beaten
Having lost a contest
- crushedCompressed into fragments
- vanquishedDefeated completely
- overcomePrevail against difficulty
conquered · demoralized · whipped · thrashed · routed · trounced · overpowered · humiliated · bested · subdued
trained
Taught a skill
- gentledMade calm and manageable
- domesticatedBred under human care
- subduedReduced in intensity
budgeting
Allocating funds systematically
- thriftCareful use of resources
- frugalityEconomical resource management
- economizingReducing expenditures deliberately
cutbacks · penny-pinching · scrimping · belt-tightening · saving · stretching · sacrifice · restraint · austerity · making do
glitchy
Prone to malfunctions
- faultyHaving defects or errors
- defectiveHaving inherent faults
- on the fritzMalfunctioning, out of order
crashed · frozen · jammed · stuck · dead · conked out · acting up · shot · gone · fried
- broke upEnded a relationship
- broke downFailed mechanically or emotionally
- broken heartEmotional pain from loss
- broken upDivided into parts
- broken armCracked bone, shoulder-to-wrist
- broken downNo longer operational
broken, unbroken, broker, heartbroken, broke off, brokers, brokered, brokenness