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adjective

Definition of blightednext
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as in stunted

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as in damaged

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blighted

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verb

past tense of blight
as in ruined

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Recent Examples of blighted
Adjective
These repairs are absolutely key to broader revitalization plans to restore dignity to our blighted corridors and empty strip-malls. — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 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 model is now crumbling, leaving tenants in blighted homes and investors without their payout. — Linda Poon, Bloomberg, 20 Mar. 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 See All Example Sentences for blighted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blighted
  1. stunted
  2. damaged
  3. ruined
  4. dormant
  5. misshapen
  6. impaired
  7. broken
  8. mutilated
Adjective
  • Without these nutrients, optimal brain growth can be stunted.
    — Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • There’s this concept in [pop] psychology, where the age where someone might become famous or rich is thought to be where their mind is stunted, at that age.
    — Ivie Ani, VIBE.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of stunted
Adjective
  • Moscow can keep paying for the war by forcing businesses to absorb the cost of drone attacks rather than spending on better drone defenses or compensating damaged firms.
    — Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2026
  • Investigators found damaged trees along Rock Branch Road, before the tornado crossed Highway 212 and snapped or uprooted numerous trees along the southward slope of Shelton Laurel Creek and toward Cutshall Town Road.
    — Joe Marusak July 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
Definition of damaged
Verb
  • Let’s talk about the outfits that get ruined or made irrelevant!
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 July 2026
  • The spring warrant cited charities, a hospital, other city officials and community members that Parris declined to identify for fear of their reputations being ruined.
    — Pat Maio, Daily News, 31 July 2026
Definition of ruined
Adjective
  • Her team has dug up living anthrax samples that may have been dormant for 80 years in previous research.
    — RJ Mackenzie, Popular Science, 5 Aug. 2026
  • If your crepe myrtles aren’t receiving enough light, transplant them to a new growing location when the plants are dormant in winter.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of dormant
Adjective
  • No term in American politics is quite as slippery or misshapen.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Look for roots emerging from the drainage holes or a container that’s bulging or misshapen, says Lisa Eldred Steinkopf, houseplant expert and author of The Houseplant Guru.
    — Colleen Sullivan, Martha Stewart, 21 July 2026
Definition of misshapen
Verb
  • According to the Palo Alto Police Department, the other driver was uninjured, neither driver was impaired, and no one was cited.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026
  • The actor wore contact lenses while portraying Eumaeus, which impaired his eyesight.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026
Definition of impaired
Adjective
  • The 7-year-old has a broken leg, and his brother suffered a concussion, the family member told KGO.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The groom suffered a brain injury and numerous broken bones, and had to undergo multiple reconstructive surgeries, his mother said in a GoFundMe following the crash.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of broken
Verb
  • Days later, Till’s mutilated, bloated body was fished out of the Tallahatchie River.
    — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
  • Clayface stars Tom Rhys Harries (White Lines, Suspicion) as Matt Hagen, a promising actor in Gotham City who’s left mutilated by a mob boss for sleeping with the gangster’s girlfriend.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 21 July 2026
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