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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 city razed a number of blighted buildings in the neighborhood in the 1990s in an effort to revitalize the region.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 20 May 2024
The city’s current approach to addressing vacant and blighted properties is quite lacking in focus and scope.
—Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
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Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 20 May 2024
The city’s current approach to addressing vacant and blighted properties is quite lacking in focus and scope.
—Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
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“Blighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blighted. Accessed 2 Jun. 2024.
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