Definition of beleaguered
: suffering or being subjected to constant or repeated trouble or harassment
an economically beleaguered city With its life-support system cut off, the beleaguered college has embarked on a tortuous campaign to keep going.— Lucinda Harper … as he evolved from conformist to opportunist to reformer to revolutionary to beleaguered leader.— Philip Taubman
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The first known use of beleaguered was in 1644
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