blighted

adjective

blight·​ed ˈblī-təd 

1

botany : affected with blight (see blight entry 1 sense 1)

a blighted plant

This pathogen causes blighted flowers, heavy leaf spotting, and the death of young, green shoots.

—Elsie Cox

2

: in a badly damaged or deteriorated condition

a blighted landscape

a blighted city

… the physicians who work here in some of the nation's most blighted neighborhoods …

—Malcolm Gladwell

3

: made ineffectual : defeated or frustrated

blighted dreams

At every point we are confronted with shattered promises, blighted hopes, irreconcilable dilemmas, good intentions gone astray …

—Gertrude Himmelfarb

Examples of blighted in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The model is now crumbling, leaving tenants in blighted homes and investors without their payout. — Linda Poon, Bloomberg, 20 Mar. 2026

On the other hand, in such a blighted landscape, AI could, perhaps, come not as a vulture to pick over the remains but a new life force to resuscitate them. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026

The city’s Appeals Hearing Board held a meeting on June 11 to consider next steps for the blighted parcel. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 24 June 2026

The blighted building had overshadowed recent real estate development and other signs of progress elsewhere in the Midway. — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1665, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for blighted

• cited
• frighted
• knighted
• lighted
• plighted
• righted
• sighted
• sited
• slighted
• whited
• affrighted
• alighted