blighted
blighted Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Severely damaged, deteriorated, or ruined, especially referring to an urban area or community suffering from neglect and poverty.
"The city council approved a major grant to revitalize the blighted neighborhoods near the old industrial docks."
Afflicted with or withered by a plant disease or pest (of crops, trees, or vegetation).
"The farmer had to burn the blighted potato plants to prevent the fungal infection from spreading to the rest of the field."
• Rhymes for blighted
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed from the verb 'blight' plus the participial suffix '-ed', first recorded in the 17th century. The root word 'blight' is of uncertain origin, originally emerging in 17th-century agricultural contexts to describe the sudden withering of plants, possibly connected to Old English 'blīcan' (to shine or turn pale).