blighted

adjective

blight·ed ˈblī-təd

Synonyms of blighted next

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

: 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

: 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

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In the late 1980s, Flagler Village was considered a blighted area and qualified to be a Community Redevelopment Agency to help revitalize the neighborhood, Trantalis noted. —

Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024 Former Naval Support Activity Base: $1 million is going to remediate the blighted Bywater facility. —

Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024 This is a version of the Otherworld or Carcosa, some lost, cursed, blighted place. —

Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024 The act entrusts local governments to identify slum and blighted areas based on state definitions. —

Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for blighted