cactused
Definitions & Usage
(Australia, slang) Broken; ruined; no longer working, more recently especially related to a technical system.
Notable Literary & Historical Quotes
“I could not imagine Cadwallader Davies the grocer, in his near-to-waking dream, riding on horseback, two-gunned and Cody-bold, through the cactused prairies.”
— 1954, Dylan Thomas, Quite Early One Morning, New Directions Publishing, published 1981, →ISBN, page 10:
“On top it's a dry cactused area inhabited by typical upper desert creatures such as kangaroo rats and collared lizards.”
— 1977, Jack Couffer, Mike Couffer, Canyon Summer, Putnam, →ISBN, page 13:
“Ponderosa forests, open meadows, cactused badlands, and river-carved sedimentary layers make appearances.”
— 2008, Bill Hunger, Hiking Wyoming: 110 of the State's Best Hiking Adventures, Falcon Guides, →ISBN, page 20: