# condemned

Pronunciation: say "kuhn-DEMD" /kənˈdɛmd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of condemn. — simple past and past participle of condemn
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of condemn. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The court condemned the old tenement after inspectors found it unsafe._
   - _Critics have condemned the new policy as deeply unfair._

## Adjective

2. Officially declared unfit and unsafe for people to live in.
   - Simple: Officially marked as not safe for people to live in.
   - _The condemned building has stood empty behind fencing for years._
   - _Once the inspectors left, the whole block was condemned overnight._
3. Having been judged and sentenced to punishment, or officially ordered to be destroyed or seized.
   - Simple: Judged guilty and given a punishment, or ordered to be destroyed or taken away.
   - _The condemned rebels were marched out to the city walls at dawn._
   - _The tainted shipment was condemned and removed from every store shelf._
5. Placed under a curse that dooms one to suffer for eternity.
   - Simple: Cursed to suffer forever, with no hope of escape.
   - _Legend held that the condemned ghosts of the drowned crew haunted the cove._
   - _He woke convinced he was condemned, doomed never to know rest again._
6. Having been sharply criticized or rebuked.
   - Simple: Sharply blamed or criticized for doing something wrong.
   - _Condemned by his own teammates, he barely spoke for the rest of the trip._
   - _The official walked out condemned, his reputation shredded within a single hour._

## Noun

4. A person who has been sentenced to death.
   - Simple: A person who has been sentenced to die as punishment.
   - _The condemned spent his final hours writing letters to his family._
   - _Guards led the condemned to the execution chamber at first light._

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