The phrase "broken machine" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is commonly used to describe a machine that is not functioning properly. Here is an example sentence: "I couldn't finish my project on time because the broken machine in the office was causing delays."
It is the feeling that the hole at the bottom of the ocean is more than an engineering accident or a broken machine.
However, as Ars Technica reports, the hard drive and CPU probably escape the worst of the effects, so it could be possible to retrieve some data from the hard drive of the broken machine.
And in the event that you reach a human being at the other end of the line, that person may very well be no better than a broken machine.
Jeremy Hunt works hard to exude a well-meaning and concerned persona but this is the man who co-wrote a book that said: "Our ambition [is] in effect denationalising healthcare in Britain" and the NHS was "a 60-year old mistake"… "A fundamentally broken machine".
Meanwhile, the entire nation goes to see the re-released Kevin Costner movie "Swing Vote," in which somehow there is a tie and one man had a broken machine or something and his daughter is some kind of genius so he gets to decide who the President is.
In 1981, maintenance engineer Kenji Urada was working in a Kawasaki plant, fixing a broken machine.
The resulting assemblages encompass broken machines and living things (cats and dogs, mostly).
Cardigan councillors are scratching around to find £28,000 to repair the broken machines.
So many places had broken machines that I considered becoming a fapiao machine repairman.
Some poll workers were unfamiliar with this procedure, causing delays, frustration and broken machines.
There had been predictions of mayhem: broken machines, overwhelming lines, Florida-like chaos.
