knocked-down

American  

[nokt-doun] / ˈnɒktˈdaʊn /

adjective

1. composed of parts or units that can be disassembled.

   knocked-down furniture.

2. Informal. condensed, abridged, simplified, unadorned, etc..

   a knocked-down version of a Broadway musical.

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Etymology

Origin of knocked-down

First recorded in 1770–80

Example Sentences

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

With a few more days before the school year begins, he has time, he said, to help cut knocked-down trees and distribute supplies to the affected communities.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2021

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

So we're getting a pilot plant: eggs, incubator, and a knocked-down broiler battery so we can try the idea out.

From The Lani People by Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin)