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broken: adj.

  1. Not working according to design (of programs). This is the mainstream sense.

  2. Improperly designed, This sense carries a more or less disparaging implication that the designer should have known better, while sense 1 doesn't necessarily assign blame. Which of senses 1 or 2 is intended is conveyed by context and nonverbal cues.

  3. Behaving strangely; especially (when used of people) exhibiting extreme depression.

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