blighted

adj — 3 senses

blighted

adj

US, UK /ˈblaɪtɪd/

Etymology From blight + -ed.

1

Having caused to suffer a blight.

2

Having suffered a blight.

  • The Glenbrook Community Center is in disrepair and has been closed for a number of years, which means it is the exact kind of dilapidated and blighted building CAVE People will do everything to protect.2022 October 7, Arthur Augustyn, “Opinion: Stamford is a cultural hellhole. What do the people want?”, in Stamford Advocate, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2024:
3

Ruined, spoiled.

  • Mark—how that that lone and blighted bosom sears / The scathing thought of execrated years!1814, Lord Byron, “Canto I”, in The Corsair, a Tale, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], for John Murray, […], →OCLC, stanza X, page 13, lines 246–247:
Derived terms
blightedly, blighted ovum, unblighted

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