The phrase "afflicted state" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a condition or situation characterized by suffering or distress, often in a medical or emotional context.
Example: "After the disaster, the community found itself in an afflicted state, struggling to recover from the devastation."
Alternatives: "suffering condition" or "distressed situation".
She is heartened by the sharing of information among afflicted states, the raised awareness about the issue among health departments nationwide, and the new recommendations from the CDC's vaccination advisory panel to make hepatitis A vaccination routine for the homeless — a public health first. .
The Arizona budget is a vivid reflection of how the fiscal crisis afflicting state governments is cutting deeply into health care.
Because recessionary winds have not toppled Indiana's house, this state is often overlooked in the news coverage of budget crises across the nation — particularly since its next-door neighbor Illinois offers such an outsize example of the financial ills afflicting state and local budgets.
Perhaps the fiscal crunch afflicting states and localities will increase that possibility.
Still, they showed the world that with a single vote it is possible to pull back from the brink, pull back from the autocratic nightmare that now afflicts states such as Egypt.
In the constantly shifting tide of violence and extremism that afflicts states throughout the region, what we choose to call these militant Islamists matters, and provides a clear insight in expressing one's position.
This may be rare but the musician can easily handle with patience and understanding with empathy for the afflicted seniors' state of mind.
So what should these and similarly afflicted other states like Illinois and New Jersey do?
The Texas State Climatologist says that the unprecedented heat and drought afflicting his state are driven by global warming.
This is the boom that won't leave the land trashed, won't destroy communities, won't afflict the state with the so-called Dutch Disease in which natural-resource development and the sugar rush of fast cash paradoxically make other parts of the economy less competitive and more difficult to sustain.
