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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
To outsiders, these appeared to be blighted neighborhoods full of people permanently stuck at the bottom.
In a leafy suburb of south-east London, locals hope a simple solution is in sight to shut down noisy, dangerous, car racing that has blighted their lives for years.
Despite being from the Tigray region, which was blighted by a two-year civil war, he contributed when he could to the dam's construction ever since the plans were first announced in 2011.
But a succession of injuries blighted his time at Goodison Park.
Business owners in Surrey blighted by a massive sinkhole say they are fed up of people thinking their village is closed six months on.
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