people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice"
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doomed
How to use doomed in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for doomed.
Editorial note
How does this handle duplicates, this is doomed to fail.
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Definitions5
Parts of speech2
Quick take
people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of doomed gathered in one view.
marked for certain death; "the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed"
in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell; "poor damned souls"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for doomed.
noun
people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice"
See also: lost
adjective
marked for certain death; "the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed"
adjective
in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell; "poor damned souls"
See also: cursed, damned, unredeemed, unsaved
adjective
marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott
See also: ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky
adjective
(usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate; "doomed to unhappiness"; "fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination"
See also: fated
Example sentences
How does this handle duplicates, this is doomed to fail.
They're trying to lure people straight from heavy midsize cars and SUV crossovers, which is doomed to failure.
You don't start pointing out all his previous flaws and explaining why his effort was doomed in the first place.
You can time it so you are negotiating to be poached while running this doomed program.
After so many cycles of doing YC, I know a certain percentage of the startups in each batch are doomed.
If their recent rework of the Playstation Store is any indication, the PS4 is doomed.
Soon we'll need "real engineers" - and these fly by night part timers who don't have a "proper" background in computing are doomed!
They are semi-skilled and are doomed to inevitable automation.
If only people reading my comment had some sort of brain with which to interpret it instead of being doomed to apply only the exact literal meaning.
> Well, now the company that treated me like human garbage > for pointing out a doomed product direction will, at > least, have to view me as human garbage that was right.
This design decision, and the famed management decision at MT to ignore engineer Roger Boisjoly's warnings on launch day, doomed the crew of STS-51-L.
What he's essentially trying to argue is that:> Simulating them [side effects] with pure functions is doomed to be inefficient, complicated and even ugly.
"Twitter is ultimately infrastructure and infrastructure seems doomed to commoditization.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use doomed in a sentence?
How does this handle duplicates, this is doomed to fail.
What does doomed mean?
people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice"
What part of speech is doomed?
doomed is commonly used as noun, adjective.