Broken
Broken adjective - Forcibly separated into many pieces.
Working is an antonym for broken in topics: forgotten, destroyed, not working, discontinuous, mentally defeated.
Working
Working adjective - Being in effective operation.
Usage example: the only working coal mine in the area
Both words in one sentence
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And this is when it's a flying death trap and half its systems are barely working or broken.
Source: Series / Stargate Universe -
In 2015, a similar campaign was used to promote ABC's The Muppets, which has Kermit and Piggy broken up but still working together.
Source: What Could Have Been -
Broken Aesop: You don't have to just be a shop boy, you can go out and have adventures and be a boy momentarily working in a shop!
Source: Film / Stardust
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Working and Broken. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/broken/working
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Working or Broken. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/broken/working.
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