Used in a Sentence

plagued

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for plagued.

Editorial note

The world is boring, plagued by overly simple, artificially complicated, problems and life goes by like water between your fingers.

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Quick take

Constantly afflicted or relentlessly attacked (by someone or something).

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of plagued gathered in one view.

adjective

Constantly afflicted or relentlessly attacked (by someone or something).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for plagued.

adjective

Constantly afflicted or relentlessly attacked (by someone or something).

Example sentences

1

The world is boring, plagued by overly simple, artificially complicated, problems and life goes by like water between your fingers.

2

Thus, places that don't normally experience it will experience it (or at least be plagued by mosquitoes).

3

The first couple so far were plagued by poor construction, RF interference, and poor experimental design.

4

It is well established, but plagued by issues relating to centralisation - exit scammers, law enforcement infiltrating markets, people stealing bitcoins.

5

Most Thinkpads released since then are markedly worse, plagued with low-resolution or glossy screens.

6

It is plagued with data that is messy as hell and incredibly nuanced based on the infinite variables of everyone's unique setups.

7

In a world plagued by NoDBs, it seems like a very small point.

8

The worry of rebellion and other problems plagued them all the time.

9

I've never seen the need for voting machines, even if they were open source and not plagued by scandals constantly.

10

Josh cared about his team, and he never let the negative chains of events that plagued Grooveshark over the years get the best of him.

11

NYC government is high cost and plagued by unionization.

12

I just had this vision of a post apocalyptic USA plagued by famine, crime, disease and the ever despised FCC license enforcement officers.

Quote examples

1

Their tag was: "The Japanese literary scene is plagued by rehashed American literature.

2

Academia is already plagued by it's uncertainty and lack of an inherent "end game." Let's not make it worse by renaming machine learning to "computer pattern recognition." Pattern recognition is just a possible piece of the puzzle or step in the process to creating AI, not the actual holy grail of achievement.

3

As my career has developed I've moved into being a specialist and now find myself coming back out into being a generalist but the "real" grounding in my skills sets me apart from "career generalists" and "credential whores" that my industry is plagued with nowadays.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use plagued in a sentence?

The world is boring, plagued by overly simple, artificially complicated, problems and life goes by like water between your fingers.

What does plagued mean?

Constantly afflicted or relentlessly attacked (by someone or something).

What part of speech is plagued?

plagued is commonly used as adjective.