condemned

Etymology

adj

  1. Having received a curse to be doomed to suffer eternally.
  2. Having been sharply scolded.
    Kim Jong-il, who has died aged 69, was the general secretary of the Workers party of Korea, and head of the military in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). He was one of the most reclusive and widely condemned national leaders of the late 20th and early 21st century, leaving his country diplomatically isolated, economically broken and divided from South Korea. December 19, 2011, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, in The Guardian
  3. Adjudged or sentenced to punishment, destruction, or confiscation.
    I have written 'was' because it seems that Great British Railways, which has already survived a near-death experience when Harper took over as Transport Secretary in the autumn, may well be back in the condemned cell. May 31 2023, Christian Wolmar, “TPE taken back in-house... but don't expect major changes”, in RAIL, number 984, page 48
  4. (of a building) Officially marked uninhabitable.

noun

  1. A person sentenced to death.

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of condemn

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