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blighted
[ blahy-tid ]
adjective
- Plant Pathology. affected with blight, a disease or condition characterized by the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues:
Small, black fungal fruiting bodies form on the blighted twigs and produce infective spores.
- dilapidated or deteriorated:
They saw the potential for the blighted building to provide affordable housing once renovated, and took on the project.
- (of a region, city, area, etc.) not flourishing; stagnant, run-down, socially depressed, etc.:
A new fitness center and natural foods market are replacing a blighted corner with jobs, economic activity, and healthier lifestyles.
- ruined or marred:
The people who forget their past are condemned to a blighted future.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of blight.
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲ·· adjective
- ܲ···ly adverb
- ܲ···ness noun
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
US shoppers could very much be the frontline casualties in this trade war, blighted by higher prices and less choice, regardless of the president's rhetoric.
But he said drink and drugs had blighted her life.
The saga was the latest in a string of corruption cases that have blighted Chinese football over many years.
There’s a reason the 1,100-mile natural wonder that stretches from the Oregon border to the Mexico border does not, for the most part, resemble the blighted, overdeveloped coasts of other states.
But what will those who have been blighted by the works do when they are finally removed?
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