fated

[ fey-tid ]

adjective

1. subject to, guided by, or predetermined by fate; destined.

fated

/ ˈfeɪtɪd /

adjective

1. destined
2. doomed to death or destruction

Other Words From

• un·fated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fated¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; fate + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Country First was more than a slogan for John McCain’s ill-fated 2008 presidential bid.

From Time

There was the ill-fated reelection campaign of Senator Kay Hagan in North Carolina, who lost to Republican Thom Tillis.

From The Daily Beast

Fated to die in the end like all the others he describes himself as “the saddest man in the world… infinitely sad.”

From The Daily Beast

Perry has associated with Barbour since at least 2012, when Barbour served on his ill-fated but memorable presidential campaign.

From The Daily Beast

This appears to glorify a crime,” said Cheek, “as does the apparent emphasis on their illegal and ill-fated invasion.

From The Daily Beast

Republicans cast her ill-fated health care policy task force as a “shadow government.”

From The Daily Beast

"It is ill-fated;" and Alessandro blamed himself for having forgotten her only association with the name.

From Project Gutenberg

How little did she realize the long drawn-out agony that was even then beginning for her sisters in that ill-fated entrenchment!

From Project Gutenberg

Then we were again in motion, and the ill-fated town of Karinjah, now a heap of smouldering ruins, was soon far behind us.

From Project Gutenberg

Strange calumnies still rest upon this queen, all of whose actions were fated to be misjudged.

From Project Gutenberg

I was one of the 109 Union officers who passed through the tunnel, and one of the ill-fated 48 that were retaken.

From Project Gutenberg