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adjective

Definition of condemnednext
as in prohibited

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verb

past tense of condemn
1
as in denounced
to declare to be morally wrong or evil it is a sign of human progress that slavery, which was once legal in many places, is now universally condemned

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as in criticized
to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of a report that condemns the working conditions in the factories of many developing countries

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as in censured
to express public or formal disapproval of the philosopher's works were once condemned by the church and placed on its list of forbidden books

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as in convicted
to find or pronounce guilty the accused was condemned by the news media even before the trial began

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as in sentenced
to impose a judicial punishment on a stern judge who does not hesitate to condemn a felon to life behind bars

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Recent Examples of condemned
Verb
Other singers who have previously condemned the administration for using their music include Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Rodrigo and SZA. — Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Now condemned and boarded up, cordoned off by sagging tape, dirty roll-up door set to adorn the front pages of tomorrow’s papers. — Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026 The killing drew national attention, and prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump visited with Belt-Stubblefield’s widow and condemned the fatal shooting. — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 3 Aug. 2026 Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the bombing, expressing deep sorrow over the loss of life. — Riaz Khan, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026 President and prime minister offer condolences Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the bombing, expressing deep sorrow over the loss of life. — CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026 Building inspectors condemned an aging residence hall where the students were supposed to live. — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 31 July 2026 Holscher condemned Lawrence as a bully with a clear agenda supporting Corson. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026 Concacaf has previously strongly condemned the manner in which FIFA introduced the idea. — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for condemned
  1. forbidden
  2. denounced
  3. criticized
  4. censured
  5. convicted
  6. sentenced
  7. outlawed
  8. blamed
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  • Last November, both TMZ and CBS News reported alleged infractions, including being caught with homemade alcohol and trying to make a forbidden three-way phone call.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, VIBE.com, 24 July 2026
  • More recently, mathematicians have been able to adapt Erdős’ method to get better estimates of Ramsey numbers where the forbidden cliques differ vastly in size.
    — Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 26 June 2026
Definition of forbidden
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  • Collins denounced the message at the time and said internal chambers were made to his staff.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Matt Simmons, climate attorney with the Environmental Protection Information Center in Humboldt, denounced the latest agreement.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of denounced
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  • Musk moved both of those companies to Texas in recent years and has loudly criticized both California and Delaware (where a Tesla shareholder sued him over his record-setting compensation).
    — Maria Aspan, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
  • In 2014, Cuban criticized the NFL for expanding its schedule to have games on more days of the week.
    — Jon Machota, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of criticized
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  • Rangel, who relinquished his position as chair of the House Ways and Means Committee amid the inquiry, was eventually censured, the first time a congressman had been thusly reprimanded in public in almost three decades.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026
  • He has been accused of vote trading and threatening recalls against his colleagues and was censured twice by the council.
    — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2026
Definition of censured
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  • Also sentenced to death in the same case was Assad’s maternal cousin Atef Najib, who was convicted of overseeing a crackdown in the southern province of Daraa that led to the uprising and later the civil war.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Baz was convicted of murder and sentenced to 141 years in prison.
    — Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of convicted
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  • Militants convicted of intentional killings and those sentenced to life terms before 2005 are excluded from the bill’s provisions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The group sought to prove its point again Sunday by partnering with Nida Abu Baker, whose father was sentenced in 2009 for coleading a Texas charity that bankrolled terrorists.
    — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of sentenced
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  • It’s been nearly a decade since California voters legalized recreational cannabis, but production and sales remain outlawed in most of the state — and the black market dominates.
    — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • King Henry’s laws adamantly forbade chattel slavery, outlawed colonialism, and created an economically robust, financially solvent Black state, one not dependent on the transatlantic slave trade.
    — Marlene L. Daut September 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Definition of outlawed
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  • These CMOs typically last two to three years before growth plateaus despite rising spend, and they either get blamed for a weak pipeline or move to a role with cleaner metrics and smaller scope.
    — Vlada Grebenykova, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Many blamed the incident on his government’s progressive policies and publicly rallied for new border checks at sea, air and land ports of entry.
    — Sam McNeil, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
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