blighted

a blighted urban area;

Frost blighted the crops.

a peach tree blighted by leaf curl.

The frost has blighted my crops.

Blighted stems often canker.

the scandal blighted the careers of several leading politicians.

plans to establish enterprise zones in blighted areas.

shopping developments have already blighted other parts of the city beyond recall.

A survey by the environment ministry shows that fewer places are blighted by tags than ever.

It blighted her life for decades and drove her to become suicidal.

All the beautiful roses, that smelled so sweet and had so many lovely blushes, are blighted and spoiled!

Back then, the village was blighted by poverty, and each villager only earned about 800 yuan a year.

His ambition is to make a more industrious society, less blighted by the entitlement culture that blossomed under Labour.

I was capable of much; but I have been injured and blighted and crushed by things beyond my control!

Prompting fears the UK capital could soon be famous for the super rats that once blighted Paris and New York.

The cost will be measured in disillusion, blighted communities and wasted lives. Unlike Japan, though, the euro zone is not cohesive.

Mrs. Lynde says Myrtle Bell is a blighted being.

Hopes sprang up in my heart only to be crushed and blighted.