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- Dictionarycondemned/kənˈdemd/
adjective
- 1. sentenced to a particular punishment, especially death: "condemned prisoners awaiting execution" Similar
- 2. officially declared unfit for use: "a street full of condemned buildings and burnt-out cars" Similar Opposite
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CONDEMNED definition: 1. A condemned person is someone who is going to be killed, especially as a punishment for having…. Learn more.
to criticize something or someone strongly, usually for moral reasons: The terrorist action has been condemned as an act of barbarism and cowardice. The film was condemned for its sexism. Synonyms. attack (CRITICIZE) castigate formal. censure formal. chastise (CRITICIZE) formal. criticize. damn (BLAME) decry formal. denounce (CRITICIZE)
The meaning of CONDEMNED is declared to be reprehensible, wrong, or evil. How to use condemned in a sentence.
Condemned definition: pronounced guilty; sentenced to punishment, especially capital punishment. See examples of CONDEMNED used in a sentence.
to pronounce to be guilty; sentence to punishment: to condemn a murderer to life imprisonment. Antonyms: liberate, exculpate, exonerate. to give grounds or reason for convicting or censuring: His acts condemn him. to judge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service: to condemn an old building.
1. verb. If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable. Political leaders united yesterday to condemn the latest wave of violence. [VERB noun] Graham was right to condemn his players for lack of ability, attitude and application. [VERB noun + for] ...a document that condemns sexism as a moral and social evil.
CONDEMNED meaning: 1. A condemned person is someone who is going to be killed, especially as a punishment for having…. Learn more.
be condemned (as something) The meat was condemned as unfit to eat. a condemned building; show guilt; condemn somebody to show or suggest that somebody is guilty of something. She is condemned out of her own mouth (= her own words show that she is guilty).
adjective. 1. under sentence of death. prison officers who had sat with the condemned man during his last days. 2. judged or pronounced unfit for use. They took over a condemned 1960s tower block last year for one night. a multimillion-pound trade in condemned meat. Collins English Dictionary.
You can condemn, or openly criticize, someone who is behaving inappropriately. If you are an animal rights activist, you would probably condemn someone for wearing fur. Condemn originally comes, through Old French, from the Latin word condemnāre, "to sentence, condemn."
