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blighted, ppl. a.|ˈblaɪtɪd|
[f. prec. + -ed.]
1. a. Affected with blight; blasted.
1664Phil. Trans. I. 28 Vegetables growing on blighted Leaves. 1674Ray S.E. Co. Wds. 59 Blighted corn, blasted corn. Sussex. 1750Johnson Rambl. No. 5 ⁋17 A blighted spring makes a barren year. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 380 The blighted prospects of the orphan children. 1857S. Osborn Quedah iv. 56 The aged trunk of a blighted tree.
b. Applied to an urban area (see quot. 1951).
1938L. Mumford Culture of Cities iv. 283 The unbearable municipal burden of blighted areas. 1951B. J. Collins Development Plans Explained 42 Blighted area, an area characterized by conditions of bad layout or obsolete development. 1952M. Lock et al. Bedford by River vi. 95/1 The primary object of the housing survey was to find out how many dwellings could be considered ‘blighted’ i.e. at or near the end of their economic life, or for some other reason requiring to be demolished.
2. Used as a mild substitute for blasted ppl. a. 3. slang.
1915Locke Jaffery xxi. 271, I think he's a blighted malingerer. 1946Wodehouse Joy in Morning ii. 15, I wished I hadn't been caught in the act of apparently buying this blighted Spindrift. |