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screwed up

screwed up [or] screwed-up

 
part of speech: adjective & phrase
definition 1: (informal) not working properly; broken.
The zipper is screwed up, so I can't really wear those jeans anymore.I have to go to the doctor because my knee is screwed up.
definition 2: full of problems.
The whole system is screwed up! How can we do anything to fix it?
definition 3: of a person, having emotional problems.
He's been screwed up ever since his wife left him.
definition 4: spoiled or ruined due to mistakes, mishandling, or bad luck.
What a screwed-up evening we had last night! Everything went wrong.Our plane reservations got completely screwed up and we don't know what happened.