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Added 9 October 2026

doomed

/duːmd/ adjective

In Latin: cādūcus Wiktionary

adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about doomed at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Assured to suffer death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome.
Dinosaurs were doomed to extinction.
Assured of any outcome, whether positive or negative; fated.

verb

simple past and past participle of doom

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