diseased

adjective

dis·​eased di-ˈzēzd 

: affected with or as if with a disease : lacking health or soundness : sickly

During a transplant, the surgeon removes the diseased lung (sometimes both) and transplants a lung or lungs from a donor.

—Elaine K. Howley

Pruning is critical to blueberry productivity. An annual pruning regimen is needed to remove old and diseased canes, encourage strong new canes and increase the harvest.

—Sequim (Washington) Gazette

He said he occasionally has had to put an animal down if it is diseased or severely injured, but often works with animal rehabilitators to rescue others when possible.

—Sarah Bowman

Sirois believes that the confession from Hernandez, who has since pleaded not guilty, was the product of a diseased mind. Defense lawyers claim he's mentally ill, hears voices, and has rock-bottom intelligence.

—Andrea Peyser

Examples of diseased in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

More than 80 domestic cats, among many other types of mammals, have been confirmed to have had bird flu since 2022 -- generally barn cats that lived on dairy farms, as well as feral cats and pets that spend time outdoors and likely caught it by hunting diseased rodents or wild birds. —Sarah Boden, ABC News, 10 Feb. 2025

Pruning stimulates vigorous growth which will be more susceptible to the fatal fire blight. Annuals and perennials ▪ Selectively removing only obviously diseased portions of roses infected with rose rosette virus. —Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2025

Just remove the weak and diseased branches as well as those that point to the center or rub against others. —Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025

The new proposal would allow homeowners to down trees with trunks smaller than 18 inches in diameter, anything wrecked by a hurricane or during hurricane cleanup, anything considered diseased or damaged and anything non-native — a massive expansion of current policy. —Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above