fucked-up
Americanadjective
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hopelessly bad; terrible.
What kind of twisted, fucked-up, disturbed logic is that?
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seriously hurt or damaged.
I was just in a bike accident and my hand's still fucked up.
The song lyrics paint a twisted portrait of a severely fucked-up young man.
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unfair or biased.
This is one fucked-up game—you can’t ever win without buying a ton of new lives.
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intoxicated or high on drugs.
Next thing we knew, the fucked-up dude was trying to climb the Hollywood sign.
Etymology
Origin of fucked-up
First recorded in 1860–65; fucked ( def. ) + up ( def. ) (used as a function word to add emphasis)
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