cactused

== English == === Alternative forms === cactussed === Etymology === From cactus +‎ -ed. Australian colloquialism may have originated as a result of the Australian prickly pear plague in the early 20th century, which overran farmland, making it unusable. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === cactused (comparative more cactused, superlative most cactused) Featuring a cactus or cacti. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cactused. (Australia, slang) Broken; ruined; no longer working, more recently especially related to a technical system. 1986, Daryl Guppy, "Some Days Are Rocks", in A Bundle of Yarns (ed. Michael Kavanagh); quoted in Susan Butler, The Dinkum Dictionary, The Text Publishing Company (2009), →ISBN, page 66: His high spirits descended temporarily. 'It took me thirty minutes to get her going again. The lift pump is cactused.' For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cactused. (Australia, slang) In trouble, screwed. ==== Synonyms ==== (featuring cacti): cactusy (no longer working): See also Thesaurus:out of order (in trouble): See also Thesaurus:in trouble