condemned
/kənˈdemd/ (bre, ipa) · /kənˈdemd/ (ame, ipa) · /kən-ˈdemd/ (ame, mw)
condemned — adjective
- condemnedpositive
- more condemnedcomparative
- most condemnedsuperlative
1. Used to describe a prisoner whom a court has ordered to be executed, normally af
Used to describe a prisoner whom a court has ordered to be executed, normally after a murder conviction or another extremely grave offence.
The condemned man, Dario, asked to see a priest the night before the execution.
attributive: condemned + man/woman/prisoner
Tamar refused to photograph any of the condemned prisoners during her prison visit.
Each condemned inmate at Huntsville prison was allowed a single phone call before the date was set.
Charlotte spent ten years writing letters to condemned men on death row in Texas.
Chaplain Hugo stayed with the condemned woman in her cell until just before dawn.
- pardoned
released from the sentence rather than awaiting it
文法句型
condemned + noun (man, woman, prisoner, criminal)
用法筆記
Almost always attributive (before a noun like 'man', 'prisoner', 'cell'). Subject is the person under sentence of death, never the crime itself.
常見錯誤
2. Marked by inspectors as too dangerous for people to enter or too unsafe to eat,
Marked by inspectors as too dangerous for people to enter or too unsafe to eat, so the building or food can no longer be used.
The city tore down a row of condemned houses near the old harbour last spring.
attributive: condemned + building noun
Yara warned the children to stay away from the condemned warehouse on Maple Street.
Health inspectors loaded the condemned meat into a sealed truck and drove it to the incinerator.
Liam bought the condemned cottage cheaply, planning to rebuild it from the foundation up.
Bright orange notices on the condemned building warned trespassers of falling bricks and rotten floors.
- uninhabitable
describes only living spaces; doesn't extend to food or vehicles
- derelict
describes abandoned, run-down state without implying an official ruling
- habitable
officially or practically safe to live in
文法句型
condemned + noun (building, house, meat)
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense describes objects (buildings, food), never people. Subject is usually a structure inspectors have officially declared unsafe.