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blighted

American  
[blahy-tid] / ˈblaɪ tɪd /

adjective

  1. 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.

  2. dilapidated or deteriorated.

    They saw the potential for the blighted building to provide affordable housing once renovated, and took on the project.

  3. (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.

  4. ruined or marred.

    The people who forget their past are condemned to a blighted future.

verb

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

Other Word Forms

  • unblighted adjective
  • unblightedly adverb
  • unblightedness noun

Etymology

Origin of blighted

blight + -ed 2 ( def. ) blight for defs. 1, 2, 4; blight + -ed 3 ( def. ) blight for def. 3; blight + -ed 1 ( def. ) blighted for def. 5

Example Sentences

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England opener Ben Duckett says greater professionalism this summer will be a major "priority" for him following a winter Ashes series blighted by off-the-field issues.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

On a frigid January day Ms. Kozma drove me around a dense industrial area, pointing out how factory construction has blighted the landscape and disrupted traffic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

O’Brien is right, we desperately need hope, something to hold onto when the world and the film industry are at their most bleak and blighted.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2026

“Right in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, the blighted Oceanwide Plaza has been an eyesore for too long due to failed ownership,” Mayor Karen Bass said in a statement Friday.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

In surveying the forests from the air, vast blighted areas could be seen where the magnificent Douglas firs were turning brown and dropping their needles.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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