condemned
adjective
[ kənˈdɛmd ]
• sentenced to a particular punishment, especially death.
• "condemned prisoners awaiting execution"
• officially declared unfit for use.
• "condemned beef"
Similar:
unsafe,
dangerous,
hazardous,
perilous,
precarious,
insecure,
treacherous,
dilapidated,
ramshackle,
run down,
broken-down,
worn out,
tumbledown,
in (a state of) disrepair,
in ruins,
ruined,
falling to pieces,
falling apart,
rickety,
creaky,
creaking,
decrepit,
deteriorating,
crumbling,
deteriorated,
neglected,
untended,
unmaintained,
gone to rack and ruin,
gone to seed,
on its last legs,
the worse for wear,
unhealthy,
contaminated,
unsound,
infected,
blighted,
unwholesome,
septic,
rotten,
bad,
condemn
verb
• express complete disapproval of; censure.
• "most leaders roundly condemned the attack"
Similar:
censure,
criticize,
castigate,
attack,
denounce,
deplore,
decry,
revile,
inveigh against,
blame,
chastise,
berate,
upbraid,
reprimand,
rebuke,
reprove,
reprehend,
take to task,
find fault with,
deprecate,
disparage,
slam,
hammer,
lay into,
cane,
blast,
slate,
slag off,
have a go at,
slash,
reprobate,
excoriate,
vituperate,
arraign,
objurgate,
anathematize,
• sentence (someone) to a particular punishment, especially death.
• "the rebels had been condemned to death"
Origin:
Middle English (in condemn (sense 2)): from Old French condemner, from Latin condemnare, from con- (expressing intensive force) + damnare ‘inflict loss on’ (see damn).
