# cactused

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Featuring a cactus or cacti.
2. Broken; ruined; no longer working, more recently especially related to a technical system.
3. In trouble, screwed.

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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