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Definition of blemishednext

blemished

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verb

past tense of blemish
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Recent Examples of blemished
Adjective
Scarred and blemished grapefruits and blood oranges are falling off his trees, Schmidt told KSEE. Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 21 Jan. 2026 Its blemished surface hints at its violent origin deep within the Earth's mantle. Arkansas State Parks, Arkansas Online, 19 Aug. 2025 That’s because pantries like Friendly Hands often receive offers from truck drivers to unload pallets of food, like blemished fruit rejected from grocery stores, but without a loading dock, pantries sometimes have to refuse or are unable to store the items. Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2025 Until the world contains only liberal democracies, Washington can hardly avoid seeking blemished friends. Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024 Throop returned to his hometown in 1990 to take stock of its blemished environment. Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2022 More to the point, where does Ohio State belong when ranking an increasing list of blemished records? Nathan Baird, cleveland, 10 Oct. 2021 Ensuring that doesn't happen will require finding better ways to clean up blemished images — and that takes time and money. Jackie Wattles, CNN, 2 July 2020 But perhaps the bigger question is how someone with such a blemished resume got the job in the first place. Ramona Giwargis, The Mercury News, 5 May 2017
Verb
Shawnee’s local government, including the City Council, has been blemished by controversy for more than a decade. Pj Green october 20, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2025 Reputational damage occurs when a business’s name is blemished in some manner. Emily Reynolds, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blemished
Adjective
  • Tesla’s response—that of aggressive discounting—has protected volume but damaged margins and resale values.
    Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Todorovich is focusing on enterprise-wide business models but is not placing buys or negotiating return to vendors involving returning defective, damaged or unsold merchandise back to the supplier or manufacturer.
    David Moin, Footwear News, 23 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The annual loss for California marked the first yearly decline for the state since March 2021, according to the EDD, a period marred by severe job losses that arose from an array of business shutdowns and economic dislocations as a result of the pandemic.
    George Avalos, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Geothermal energy solutions have been around for a while, though, and have been marred by location specificity, high water usage, and high initial costs.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • On Saturday, Afghanistan's National Disaster Management Authority said heavy snowfall and rain had killed 61 people and injured more than 100 across the country, while hundreds of homes have been completely or partially destroyed.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The number of soldiers killed, injured or missing on both sides during the war could reach 2 million by spring, with Russia sustaining the largest number of troop deaths for any major power in any conflict since World War II, according to an international think tank report published Tuesday.
    Aamer Madhani, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Customers are also digging through the drawers for scrap gold and unwanted or broken jewelry.
    Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Is this a buying opportunity or a broken narrative?
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The fact that Katherine had been institutionalized may have tainted her scholarly reputation.
    Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Both the original news reporting and police investigation would be tainted by these sexist views.
    Nathan Smith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • In 2021, a record-shattering outbreak of cold in Texas crippled the state’s electric grid, a meltdown blamed in large part on failures in its gas infrastructure.
    Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Widespread power outages, dilapidated equipment, and a lack of spare parts from absent foreign firms crippled operations.
    Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Why Gasket Maintenance Is Essential A dirty gasket leads to deterioration of the seal, which can cause temperature fluctuations, spoiled food, and bacterial growth.
    Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Check the expiration dates, especially for ingredients like spices and leavening agents that might not look spoiled but can lose their potency, and toss any expired or unwanted items.
    Heather Riske, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The liquid stained Omar's clothes and may have reached her eye.
    Aki Nace, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • In testing on human teeth that were artificially stained with tea and coffee, the researchers found that a total of four hours of brushing showed visible whitening, while 12 total hours of brushing led to teeth that were nearly 50% whiter than those in a control group.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Jan. 2026

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“Blemished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blemished. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.

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