condemned

Pluralcondemned

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of condemn. Use this form for something that already happened.

   The judge condemned the thief to five years in prison.

   Many world leaders condemned the attack as senseless.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Officially marked as not safe for people to live in.

   Like a broken toy with a 'do not use' sticker on it.

   They finally tore down the condemned house on the corner.

   After the fire, the apartment was condemned and the tenants had to leave.

   Similaruninhabitable, unfit, unsafe

   Oppositehabitable, livable, safe

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3. 3
   adjective

   Judged guilty and given a punishment, or ordered to be destroyed or taken away.

   The condemned prisoner ate his final meal in silence.

   The smuggled goods were condemned and burned by customs officers.

   Similardoomed

   Oppositeacquitted, pardoned

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4. 4
   noun

   A person who has been sentenced to die as punishment.

   The condemned scratched a short message into the cell wall before dawn.

   All three condemned were pardoned at the last possible moment.

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5. 5
   adjective

   Cursed to suffer forever, with no hope of escape.

   Like being trapped in a dark place forever with no way out.

   The poem describes condemned spirits writhing in endless flame.

   Cast out by the gods, she believed herself condemned to eternal torment.

   Similardamned, doomed, cursed, accursed

   Oppositesaved, redeemed, blessed

6. 6
   adjective

   Sharply blamed or criticized for doing something wrong.

   She left the meeting feeling condemned by everyone around her.

   His careless remarks left him condemned across the morning papers.

   Similarcensured

   Oppositeacclaimed

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