doomed

[doomd]

adjective

1. destined, or seemingly destined, especially to an adverse fate.

   Math wizards were able to pinpoint the final resting place of the doomed jet deep beneath the ocean.

2. judged guilty and sentenced, especially to death; condemned.

   Several times today and tonight the doomed man has wept like a child in his prison cell.

3. ordained or fixed, as a sentence or fate.

   In this age of finding everything online, it won’t be long before seed catalogs suffer the same doomed fate as most gardening magazines.

verb

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

Other Word Forms

• self-doomed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of doomed¹

doom + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

As it turned out, investors sometimes could learn more about Lucent’s doomed vendor-financing deals from reading Winstar’s disclosures than they could from Lucent’s.

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Three or more tries meant she and her sweetheart weren’t meant to be together — so much so that their relationship was actually doomed.

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But if this time really is different, the dollar is doomed and gold could become a very big part of portfolios again.

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In one sense, after all, humans are already doomed.

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The upgrade hinges on what Oppenheimer calls a “compelling” investor day presentation, which served to alleviate concerns over the fallout related to First Brands, the doomed auto-parts supplier that filed for bankruptcy in September.

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Related Words

• ill-fated 
• wrecked