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damaged

A building, room, or household item is damaged when it has been physically harmed so that it is no longer in its normal good condition.

In plain English

It means a place or household object has been physically hurt in some way. Because of that harm, it is no longer in the sound condition it would normally be expected to be in.

In context

Here, damaged classifies an item or area as having physical harm that means it is no longer in its normal good condition.

Situation
Managing move-in, move-out, inventory, keys, deposits, and condition reports
What it communicates
classifies an item or area as showing damage.

Meaning limits

By itself, the term does not say how serious the harm is or who caused it.

Examples

“One kitchen window was damaged, but the others were intact.”

Core meaning

“They covered the damaged sofa with a sheet before carrying it outside.”

In context

  • destroyed Narrower Term

    Something destroyed has a more extreme degree of physical harm, so it falls within damaged.

  • intact Opposite

    Intact describes something not physically harmed and still in whole, good condition.