riddled

[ rid-ld ]

/ ˈrɪd ld /

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filled with, and often thoroughly weakened by, something undesirable (used in combination):For decades taxpayers subsidized this fault-riddled nuclear plant, with its defective reactors and substandard construction.

pierced in many places (usually used in combination):His bullet-riddled body was found two days later.

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Origin of riddled

riddle² + -ed²

Words nearby riddled

ridable, Ridaura, riddance, ridden, riddle, riddled, ride, rideable, Rideal-Walker coefficient, Rideau Canal, Rideau Hall

How to use riddled in a sentence

Zen koans are riddles intended to shake seeker-monks free of their excessive dependence on linear thought processes.
Over Time, Buddhism and Science Agree - Issue 94: Evolving|David P. Barash|December 23, 2020|Nautilus
Quanta paid tribute to him with our October Insights puzzle, which included a numerical riddle he invented and other games based on or inspired by his work.
The Year in Math and Computer Science|Bill Andrews|December 23, 2020|Quanta Magazine
To be honest, riddles about leap years always make my head spin a little.
Can You Cut The Cookies?|Zach Wissner-Gross|December 4, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
The menu of fried food provides the basis for a predictable script, a handy way to sidestep the riddles of spontaneous conversation as she greets her regular customers.
Make room for ‘Big Girl, Small Town’|Ron Charles|December 2, 2020|Washington Post

Just one problem — the riddle asked about three flips, not two.
Can You Snatch Defeat From The Jaws Of Victory?|Zach Wissner-Gross|November 13, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
The genetic material can grow quickly, but are typically riddled with errors or defects.
Design Your Own Dinosaur: The Era of Custom DNA|Justin Jones|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“Mainstream feminism is riddled with classism, racism, and sexual orientation discrimination,” she wrote.
Will White Feminists Finally Dump Lena Dunham?|Samantha Allen|November 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Her body, riddled with bullets, was found on the side of the road in the neighboring republic of Ingushetia.
The Kremlin’s Plan to Erase Russia’s Memory and Its Conscience|Anna Nemtsova|October 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But for a man who delighted in exposing hypocrisies, his relationship to Communism was riddled with duplicity.
Brecht's Mercenary Mother Courage Turns 75|Katie Baker|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Instead it details how the Boeing 777 was riddled with holes created by “a large number of high energy objects from the outside.”
MH17 Switched Places With Another Jet|Clive Irving|September 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Five horses were shot under him, his clothes were riddled with bullets, but he was reserved for a sinister fate.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
"That is one way," said he, and so it was, for on holding the shirt up to the light it was seen to be riddled with holes.
Robert Moffat|David J. Deane
The ham, which was almost as light as cork, was riddled with worm-holes, and as hard as a petrified sponge.
Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War|Various
But as soon as his ship appeared all the American ships turned their guns on it, and riddled it with a frightful storm of iron.
Stories of Our Naval Heroes|Various
Indeed, perspiration issues from the human body without its being divided or riddled with holes.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3|Plotinos (Plotinus)