Condemned

[kuh n-dem] /kənˈdɛm/

verb (used with object)
1.
to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
2.
to pronounce to be guilty; sentence to punishment:
to condemn a murderer to life imprisonment.
3.
to give grounds or reason for convicting or censuring:
His acts condemn him.
4.
to judge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service:
to condemn an old building.
5.
U.S. Law. to acquire ownership of for a public purpose, under the right of eminent domain:
The city condemned the property.
6.
to force into a specific state or activity:
His lack of education condemned him to a life of menial jobs.
7.
to declare incurable.
/kənˈdɛm/
verb (transitive)
1.
to express strong disapproval of; censure
2.
to pronounce judicial sentence on
3.
to demonstrate the guilt of: his secretive behaviour condemned him
4.
to judge or pronounce unfit for use: that food has been condemned
5.
to compel or force into a particular state or activity: his disposition condemned him to boredom
adj.

1540s, “found guilty, at fault,” past participle adjective from condemn. Of property, “found unfit for use,” from 1798.
v.

early 14c., condempner “to blame, censure,” from Old French condamner “to condemn” (11c.), from Latin condemnare “to sentence, doom, blame, disapprove,” from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + damnare “to harm, damage” (see damn). Replaced Old English fordeman. Related: Condemned; condemning.