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blighted

/ˈblaɪtɪd/ adjective C2
  1. Having caused to suffer a blight.
  2. Having suffered a blight.
  3. Ruined, spoiled.
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It blighted it.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 244 · C1
Lynde says Myrtle Bell is a blighted being.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 244 · C1
I asked Ruby Gillis why Myrtle was blighted, and Ruby said she guessed it was because her young man had gone back on her.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 244 · C1
His colleagues looked at him, and doubtless pitied his prospects, blighted under the perfumed breath of a woman.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 878 · C1

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