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botany
: affected with blight (see blight entry 1 sense 1)
a blighted plant
This pathogen causes blighted flowers, heavy leaf spotting, and the death of young, green shoots.—
Elsie Cox
Elsie Cox2
: in a badly damaged or deteriorated condition
a blighted landscape
a blighted city
… the physicians who work here in some of the nation's most blighted neighborhoods …—Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell3
: made ineffectual : defeated or frustrated
blighted dreams
At every point we are confronted with shattered promises, blighted hopes, irreconcilable dilemmas, good intentions gone astray …—Gertrude Himmelfarb
Gertrude HimmelfarbExamples of blighted in a Sentence
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The blighted Naval base in the Bywater is on track to become an affordable housing project.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
Individual creators, who have faced declining wages for years because of razor-thin margins and increasing production costs, are suddenly finding their options further limited in a recklessly blighted market.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Large production companies such as Tri Pointe, KB Home, Lennar and Toll Brothers specialize in building multi-home developments and multi-family complexes, so they will not be heavily involved in constructing individual houses in LA’s blighted neighborhoods.
—Bob Woods, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2025
The military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has long occupied a blighted corner of the American legal system.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
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Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
Individual creators, who have faced declining wages for years because of razor-thin margins and increasing production costs, are suddenly finding their options further limited in a recklessly blighted market.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Large production companies such as Tri Pointe, KB Home, Lennar and Toll Brothers specialize in building multi-home developments and multi-family complexes, so they will not be heavily involved in constructing individual houses in LA’s blighted neighborhoods.
—Bob Woods, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2025
The military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has long occupied a blighted corner of the American legal system.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
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“Blighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blighted. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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