Showing results for "condemned"

• past tense form of condemn.
• past participle of condemn.

condemned

American  

[kuhn-demd] / kənˈdɛmd /

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

Etymology

Origin of condemned

condemn ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

condemned

It condemned all forms of discrimination against women and girls, and reiterated that sexual slavery of boys, and child marriages and forced forced marriages constituted human rights abuses.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Lai’s office condemned acts carried out “with the aim of suppressing, threatening, or even harming advocates of freedom and democracy and their families,” Kuo said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Welfare advocacy group Gyeol condemned the petitioning organisations, saying: "Past service in the welfare sector does not exempt anyone from accountability."

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Doctors, good doctors, are needed to help make sure that the process goes as smoothly as possible — and that the condemned person does not suffer needlessly.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

I felt more determined to recruit staff and obtain resources to meet the growing challenges of providing legal assistance to condemned people.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Related Words

• convicted