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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
In March, Ben Saul, UN special rapporteur on counterterrorism and human rights, condemned both US and Iranian threats to target civilian energy infrastructure. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 15 July 2026 The day after a vigil turned out hundreds in Portland, a group of several dozen protestors gathered near an ICE facility in Scarborough and condemned Collins for supporting legislation to expand funding for ICE. — ABC News, 14 July 2026 The administration’s enforcement efforts were widely condemned last winter after the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minnesota. — Arkansas Online, 14 July 2026 So, if the CNN crew was attacked, that needs to be condemned. — CBS News, 12 July 2026 When OpenAI launched its Sora video app last fall with limited likeness protections, SAG-AFTRA condemned it, and OpenAI backed away within days. — Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026 French President Emmanuel Macron’s office said the Paraguayan president had written to him to express support and condemned the remarks. — Reuters, NBC news, 7 July 2026 Australian Senator Sarah Henderson condemned Albanese remarks on X on July 5. — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 6 July 2026 Several Republican lawmakers also condemned Patriot Front following the march. — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 6 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for condemned
  1. prohibited
  2. denounced
  3. criticized
  4. censured
  5. convicted
  6. sentenced
  7. forbidden
  8. blamed
Adjective
  • There is, however, room for questions about where the line between prohibited and acceptable political involvement will fall in practice.
    — BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 11 July 2025
  • The list of prohibited and restricted items, as found on the CBP website, includes alcohol, biological materials, firearms, food and produce such as fruits and vegetables, soil, wildlife, fish, and gold, among other items.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of prohibited
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  • Obama had no patience for Americans who denounced their country for being irredeemably flawed.
    — Mark Brilliant, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
  • Relations further splintered in the fallout of the Iran war—a military operation Sánchez has repeatedly denounced.
    — Tiago Ventura, Time, 9 July 2026
Definition of denounced
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  • His past medical reports have been criticized for offering limited detail and including statistics that some health professionals have viewed with skepticism.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
  • During the Democratic state convention in Corpus Christi last month, the Democratic candidate for governor, Gina Hinojosa, criticized Abbott.
    — Jack Fink, CBS News, 14 July 2026
Definition of criticized
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  • 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
  • Three years later, censured by his Senate colleagues, ostracized by his party, and ignored by the press, McCarthy drank himself to death, a broken man at the age of 48.
    — Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026
Definition of censured
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  • According to court records, Bunyard was convicted in the 1979 killing of his wife, Elaine Bunyard, who was nine months pregnant, and her unborn daughter in San Joaquin County.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 14 July 2026
  • Six staff members at Big Sandy were convicted for their role in the abuse.
    — Christie Thompson, NPR, 13 July 2026
Definition of convicted
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  • Kohberger later pleaded guilty to four counts of murder and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
  • Oyler has been sentenced to 25 years to life in state prison.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026
Definition of sentenced
Adjective
  • 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
  • And thank God for that, because forbidden love is my favorite type of drama to watch on Love Island.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 16 June 2026
Definition of forbidden
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  • The case has drawn attention because the woman, Andrea Shaw, has publicly blamed vaccines for the twins’ deaths.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 15 July 2026
  • The Administration blamed individuals who allegedly vandalized the pool.
    — Tiago Ventura, Time, 14 July 2026
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