knocked-down
Americanadjective
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composed of parts or units that can be disassembled.
knocked-down furniture.
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Informal. condensed, abridged, simplified, unadorned, etc..
a knocked-down version of a Broadway musical.
Etymology
Origin of knocked-down
First recorded in 1770–80
Example Sentences
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Mrs Hughes continues: "It is a very inhumane situation to be in as we can't sell, other than to National Highways at a knocked-down price."
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025
Popular sentiment is a consideration for investors, especially any who may have bought bonds at knocked-down prices in hopes of profiting from a settlement.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2022
Once the remaining shorts took the deal at the knocked-down price, Saunders earned a lot of money, but not nearly enough.
From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2021
Mohammed Salah Uddin, 42, said he and 10 others returned to his village in southern Bangladesh on Thursday after crisscrossing knocked-down trees and electrical poles littering the roads.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2020
He never heard anything more of the knocked-down policeman, who probably, after picking himself up, was content with the capture of the heavy sledge which had committed the mischief.
From Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar by R. T. Landells
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