Kaput – Broken and useless
(Pronounced kuh-put)
To remember the definition of the word kaput, use the following mnemonic:
The car was put (kaput) in the crusher because it was broken and useless.
Examples of kaput in a sentence
My phone was kaput after I dropped it in the sea.
The train I was travelling on suddenly went kaput, I was stuck on there for hours.
The director hasn’t made a movie in thirty years I think his career has gone kaput.
