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• past participle of ride.

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  ridden

  verb

  a past participle of ride.
• -ridden
  -ridden

  a combining form meaning “obsessed with,” “overwhelmed by” (torment-ridden ) or “full of,” “burdened with” (debt-ridden ).

ridden

¹ American  

[rid-n] / ˈrɪd n /

verb

1. a past participle of ride.

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-ridden ² American  

1. a combining form meaning “obsessed with,” “overwhelmed by” (torment-ridden ) or “full of,” “burdened with” (debt-ridden ).

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ridden British  

/ ˈrɪdən /

verb

1. the past participle of ride

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adjective

1. (in combination) afflicted, affected, or dominated by something specified

   damp-ridden

   disease-ridden

Other Word Forms

• unridden
  adjective
• well-ridden
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of -ridden

Special use of ridden

Example Sentences

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ridden

Bloom Energy has indeed ridden on the coattails of AI excitement and investors’ quests for companies positioned to benefit from powering data centers.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

Class 1 bikes can reach speeds up to 20 mph, and can be ridden by anyone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

But only rented e-scooters can legally be ridden on roads, cycle paths and in parks in the UK.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

Doctorow proposes this is essentially what happens when humans are ridden by tech, as when the poverty-level wages and surveillance capitalism of Uber, Amazon and other is powered by AI algorithms.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

She’d ridden the train often enough to identify it as the best location for this sort of practice.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

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