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say it: kuhn-DEM
condemn is a verb meaning "express strong disapproval of". It carries 6 recorded senses.
declare or judge unfit for use or habitation
“The building was condemned by the inspector”
compel or force into a particular state or activity
“His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence”
appropriate (property) for public use
“the county condemned the land to build a highway”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for condemn come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.