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nase

broken; dead (of a device); washed-up

adjective NAHZ Rare

Usage Note

Nase (also spelled naze) is colloquial and means something is broken, out of order, or useless: mon téléphone est complètement nase. It can also describe a person who is exhausted or at the end of their rope. The word is firmly informal; use en panne or hors service in any formal context.

Examples

"Mon ordinateur est complètement nase."

Natural Translation

My computer is completely broken.

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