condemned

[kuhn-demd]

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.

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

• self-condemned adjective
• uncondemned adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of condemned¹

condemn ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

The playwright was condemned as a moral degenerate; no one will be so outraged by Ms. DaCosta, though she might be accused of turning a psychologically rich stage work into a socio-political checklist.

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The African Union on Tuesday condemned the response to protests in Cameroon against the disputed re-election of 92-year-old President Paul Biya, the world's oldest head of state, after at least four people were killed.

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The U.S. has never formally called out the U.A.E. publicly for its role in arming the RSF, but it has broadly condemned foreign actors for arming both sides in the conflict without naming specific countries.

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Georgia's ruling party said Tuesday it has asked the Constitutional Court to ban the three main opposition forces, a move critics condemned as a final step toward authoritarian rule.

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The African Union chairman condemned on Tuesday alleged "atrocities" and reported "war crimes" in Sudan's strategic hub of El-Fasher and called for an immediate halt to fighting.

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Related Words

• convicted