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See Also:

• past tense form of condemn.
• past participle of condemn.

condemned

American  

[kuhn-demd] / kənˈdɛmd /

adjective

1. pronounced guilty; sentenced to punishment, especially capital punishment.

   A condemned man has the right to know how the execution will proceed.

2. deemed or declared unfit for use or service.

   One of the condemned buildings is going to be demolished to make room for luxury apartments.

3. viewed or spoken of with strong disapproval; judged as wrong or unacceptable, often formally.

   Apartheid, by universal agreement, is an inhumane, unjust, and condemned practice.

4. doomed to eternal punishment in hell; damned.

   At the Last Judgment, condemned sinners will offer excuses in vain.

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noun

1. Usually the condemned

   1. the person or persons pronounced guilty in a court of law and sentenced to punishment, especially capital punishment.

      We join in prayer for the condemned, his victim, and their families.

   2. the damned.

      The condemned are those who are full of themselves and laugh at their unrighteousness.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of condemn.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• uncondemned
  adjective
• self-condemned
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of condemned

condemn ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Beijing also previously condemned a group of New Zealand lawmakers for attending a reception hosted by Taiwan's de facto embassy in Wellington last October.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

It stands condemned not for violence or connection to it but for filing legal motions with Israeli courts—that’s it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres -- who on Tuesday condemned Russian strikes on Ukraine -- will speak at a panel on the environment on Friday.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Muslim leaders in the U.S. condemned this as an overt mockery of Islam.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

We were still very actively litigating on behalf of condemned children in Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana—Southern states where we had litigated previously.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Related Words

• convicted