broken home

American  

[broh-kuhn hohm] / ˈbroʊ kən ˈhoʊm /

noun

1. a family in which one parent is absent, usually due to divorce or desertion.

   children from broken homes.

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Etymology

Origin of broken home

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

Most of us come from council estates and broken homes – boxing is a way out.

From BBC

Wiggins - a gangly north Londoner, from a broken home, brought up in poverty - made it to the very top of a sport that requires clinical preparation and a calm head under pressure.

From BBC

I came from a broken home, and I was just like, “This isn’t my path — I’m not gonna repeat this thing.”

From Los Angeles Times

I didn’t come from a broken home, and I had the best of everything, but, yet, I didn’t have what I would have liked to have had, which is full communication.

From Salon

Israeli soldiers, and some civilians from Israel and abroad, come to see the broken homes, and hear accounts of the devastation, in order to understand what happened.

From BBC