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# broken home

noun phrase (a broken home, broken homes)

«broken home» in the English dictionary: in the primary school — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In the primary school

Source: Mova's pupils' dictionary. Licence: [Elamur Cosmic License](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/LICENSE/). Reviewed: the dictionary the pupils of Mova's primary school read; its examples quote the lessons and public-domain tales. Ships with Mova.

### Meaning

1. (euphemism, old-fashioned) a family where the parents have divorced or separated.
2. (literal) a house that is damaged.

### In the lessons

An older phrase from newspapers and social work; it hides the plain words divorce and separation, but now sounds unkind because it suggests the child is damaged. Today people say «separated parents», «single-parent family» or «blended family». All regions.

### Examples

- The report blamed his troubles on growing up in a broken home.
- People once said children from broken homes would do badly, but that is not true.
- She hates the phrase «broken home»; her family is happy.
- The old newspaper said he came from a broken home.
- After the storm, the street was full of broken homes (literal).
- Many children of divorced parents do brilliantly at school.

### Note

Trap: it judges a family; avoid it in kind talk. It stands for «divorced or separated parents», not broken furniture.