broken vessel

noun

Etymology

From Old Testament symbolism that people are like clay vessels.

Definitions

  1. A person who is destroyed or forgotten, or who feels flawed or broken.

    • I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind; I am like a broken vessel.
    • I am a broken vessel, Lord rubble where a soul should be.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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