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blighted

[ UK /blˈa‍ɪtɪd/ ]
[ US /ˈbɫaɪtɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity
    blighted urban districts
    a blighted rose

How To Use blighted In A Sentence

  • The apple trees were blighted by frost.
  • Almost all areas are blighted by misbehaving youths at night. Times, Sunday Times
  • All over Europe, the fringes of suburbia are blighted by the dreary apparatus of industry - undecorated sheds and dour offices in glum lots girdled by sterile acres of parking.
  • Twitter in an attempt to exert discipline at the end of a year that has been blighted by rebellion within the side and allegations of match-fixing. Times, Sunday Times
  • She was blighted by respiratory illness and memory blanks. Times, Sunday Times
  • She was blighted by respiratory illness and memory blanks. Times, Sunday Times
  • In Trainspotting, Begbie's blood boils at the backpackers who see the sights of the city centre but are blind to the blighted landscape of its surrounding schemes.
  • The canola crop, is blighted; there is a physical presence.
  • The remainder is blighted by alternating self-flagellation, self-justification and unwarranted extrapolation.
  • Not only is it blighted by foul conditions but it also bears no relation to the original concept of a May Day celebration. Times, Sunday Times
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