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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 strategy angered many community groups and activists, who said TIF financing is supposed to be reserved for blighted communities, not affluent areas like Lincoln Park.
—Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2025
Two men were hospitalized after getting into a broad-daylight knife fight on a blighted Bronx block where a teenager was fatally stabbed in a brawl days earlier, police said Thursday.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 10 July 2025
Once a property is declared blighted, DURA then studies whether there's a need for public investment in the redevelopment, Huggins said, involving negotiations with ownership over costs and an eventual public hearing in front of Denver's council.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 9 July 2025
On Friday, Melton said his goal was to start demolishing blighted homes in Aetna before moving to the rest of the city.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2025
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Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2025
Two men were hospitalized after getting into a broad-daylight knife fight on a blighted Bronx block where a teenager was fatally stabbed in a brawl days earlier, police said Thursday.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 10 July 2025
Once a property is declared blighted, DURA then studies whether there's a need for public investment in the redevelopment, Huggins said, involving negotiations with ownership over costs and an eventual public hearing in front of Denver's council.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 9 July 2025
On Friday, Melton said his goal was to start demolishing blighted homes in Aetna before moving to the rest of the city.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2025
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“Blighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blighted. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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