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are blighted
verb
To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.
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An excerpt: THE tomatoes are blighted and losing their leaves.
And most people's lives are blighted by some form of ineptitude or corruption.
Twitter and the internet mean we are blighted with over-communication.
A survey by the environment ministry shows that fewer places are blighted by tags than ever.
As a consequence many lives are blighted for want of tiny amounts of iodine, iron, vitamin A and zinc.
It helps catch criminals, protect people from harm and provide reassurance to communities who are blighted by crime.
In such cases the program's prospects are blighted by high costs, political resistance, and failure to deliver the desired benefits.
Our metropolises are blighted by two problems: a lack of public transport and a lack of public loos.
Now we learn the lives of Eastbourne's upstanding young are blighted by marauding gangs of Saga louts.
NFU director of policy Martin Haworth said: "This news is critically important to cattle farmers who are blighted with this disease on their farms".
Irish banks may be free of the toxic securities that have poisoned rivals' balance sheets, but they are blighted by souring property loans.
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