1
as in destined
to determine the fate of in advance
the actor felt that he was doomed to be forever remembered for that one terrible performance
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2
as in sentenced
to impose a judicial punishment on
doomed the murderer to life in prison without the possibility of parole
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Recent Examples of doomed
Chicago Tribune, 30 Dec. 2024
Bieber lost for the year The Guardians’ season felt doomed even before their home opener when ace Shane Bieber was lost for the year to Tommy John surgery on his right elbow.
—Jason Lloyd, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
His House tenure was largely responsible for the chaos at the upper echelons of the GOP ranks that ultimately doomed former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and hamstrung most attempts to actually act on policy that could have benefited the public.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 Dec. 2024
In that game, turnovers nearly doomed the Bucs.
—Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2024
Big task ahead at Valencia as they look doomed already.
—Colin Millar, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Gi-hun loses, and Jung-bae dies Was this effort doomed from the start?
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
Yet a talky movie isn’t doomed to be slow or sludgy.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Small tortilla makers filed doomed antitrust lawsuits against Gruma; many went out of business.
—Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
By design, these committees are doomed to fail.
—Chicago Tribune, 30 Dec. 2024
Bieber lost for the year The Guardians’ season felt doomed even before their home opener when ace Shane Bieber was lost for the year to Tommy John surgery on his right elbow.
—Jason Lloyd, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
His House tenure was largely responsible for the chaos at the upper echelons of the GOP ranks that ultimately doomed former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and hamstrung most attempts to actually act on policy that could have benefited the public.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 Dec. 2024
In that game, turnovers nearly doomed the Bucs.
—Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2024
Big task ahead at Valencia as they look doomed already.
—Colin Millar, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Gi-hun loses, and Jung-bae dies Was this effort doomed from the start?
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
Yet a talky movie isn’t doomed to be slow or sludgy.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Small tortilla makers filed doomed antitrust lawsuits against Gruma; many went out of business.
—Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doomed
Verb
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But my favourite writer was destined to become a movie star.—
hazlitt.net,
hazlitt.net,
4 Jan. 2025
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The Olympics had seemed almost destined for Wedding.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
4 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Her kids will be condemned to doing worse throughout their entire lives.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
30 Dec. 2024
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That treaty made Egypt the first Arab country to formally recognize the state of Israel, a move condemned by other Arab nations but which led to demilitarization of the Sinai Peninsula that lies between Israel and Egypt.—
Emily Feng,
NPR,
30 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The sunk cost fallacy, for example, can lead companies to continue investing in maintaining a physical office space, despite the benefits of remote work.—
Dr. Gleb Tsipursky,
Forbes,
6 Feb. 2023
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The sunk cost fallacy is a bias that behavioral economists say can cause a person to stick with a losing investment.—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
22 Mar. 2022
Adjective
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But Trump's move to increase tariffs on goods from China, including finished drugs and raw ingredients, as well as an early round of tariffs between the U.S. and EU on goods like steel and bourbon, has raised expectations that medicines will join the list.—
Michael Erman,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2025
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Profound Speech Yet Juventus never saw the finished article, crashing out of European competition and the Coppa Italia before slumping to fifth in the Serie A table.—
Adam Digby,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Doomed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doomed. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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