- pronounced guilty; sentenced to punishment, especially capital punishment: A condemned man has the right to know how the execution will proceed.
- deemed or declared unfit for use or service: One of the condemned buildings is going to be demolished to make room for luxury apartments.
- viewed or spoken of with strong disapproval; judged as wrong or unacceptable, often formally: Apartheid, by universal agreement, is an inhumane, unjust, and condemned practice.
- doomed to eternal punishment in hell; damned: At the Last Judgment, condemned sinners will offer excuses in vain.
- Usually the condemned .
- the person or persons pronounced guilty in a court of law and sentenced to punishment, especially capital punishment:We join in prayer for the condemned, his victim, and their families.
- the damned: The condemned are those who are full of themselves and laugh at their unrighteousness.
- the simple past tense and past participle of condemn.
