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blighted
[blahy-tid]
adjective
Plant Pathology., affected with blight, a disease or condition characterized by the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues.
Small, black fungal fruiting bodies form on the blighted twigs and produce infective spores.
dilapidated or deteriorated.
They saw the potential for the blighted building to provide affordable housing once renovated, and took on the project.
(of a region, city, area, etc.) not flourishing; stagnant, run-down, socially depressed, etc..
A new fitness center and natural foods market are replacing a blighted corner with jobs, economic activity, and healthier lifestyles.
ruined or marred.
The people who forget their past are condemned to a blighted future.
verb
the simple past tense and past participle of blight.
Other Word Forms
- unblighted adjective
- unblightedly adverb
- unblightedness noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
The Netherlands is among a number of northern European nations to be blighted by drone sightings around military installations and airfields in recent months.
For 20 years the Home Office has been blighted with regular and well-documented failures to manage asylum seekers.
It is a huge boost for Wood, one of the fastest bowlers to ever play for England, albeit in a 37-Test career that has been blighted by injuries.
His latter years were blighted by maladies, including heart problems, Parkinson’s disease, and memory and hearing loss.
To outsiders, these appeared to be blighted neighborhoods full of people permanently stuck at the bottom.
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