adjective
also ka·putt käˈpu̇t, kəˈ-, -püt
Etymology: German, from French capot not having made a trick at piquet — more at capot
1. : utterly defeated or destroyed : finished , done for , ruined
after weeks of bombardment the city was kaput
2. : made useless or unable to function
the TV production masterminds were caught with their cables and cameras kaput — R.L.Shayon
3. : hopelessly outmoded or set aside
the notion that reading is kaput each time a mammoth entertainment medium catches hold — Harvey Breit
all those curls that used to take hours to do are kaput — Ethel Merman