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broken home

American

[broh-kuhn hohm] / ˈbroʊ kən ˈhoʊm /

noun

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

children from broken homes.

Etymology

Origin of broken home

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

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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 • Apr. 3, 2025

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 • Jan. 22, 2025

"I thought it was the right thing to do to keep my family together, I didn't want my children to come from a broken home."

From BBC • May 5, 2022

The final resting place of a failed business or broken home?

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2020

Hixon: But he was from a broken home too.

From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones

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