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.

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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

Large denied and condemned the comments, saying the account was hacked, and there had been "unknown logins... and the account was deleted".

From BBC

Along with a handful of congressional Republicans, a number of prominent Christian conservatives condemned the video.

From Salon

A "hollow" apology from police for denying that victims of the Hillsborough disaster had endured "pain and suffering" has been condemned by families and politicians.

From BBC

In sentencing Lai, the judges condemned his "serious and grave criminal conduct" and said he was involved in conspiracies that were of the "most serious" category.

From BBC

It was condemned by international rights groups as a symbol of Hong Kong's shrivelling press freedoms.

From Barron's

Related Words

• convicted