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-ridden
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ridden
English
Etymology
en bedridden.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɹɪdən/ [ˈɹɪdn̩]
Suffix
adjective-forming suffixes
Figuratively construed as “repeatedly/perennially affected by” or “unable to escape from”.
en crime crime-ridden
en bug bug-ridden
en w:Steven Levitsky;Lucan A. Way The Path to American Authoritarianism Foreign Affairs (magazine) Foreign Affairs https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/path-american-authoritarianism-trump 2025-02-11 He could also fulfill his campaign promise to launch the “largest deportation operation in American history,” targeting millions of people in an abuse-ridden process that would inevitably lead to the mistaken detention of thousands of U.S. citizens. https://web.archive.org/web/20260923102719/https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/path-american-authoritarianism-trump 23 September 2026
Synonyms
en lousy riddled with lousy with
en riddled riddled with, en riddled -riddled
Derived terms
en
Anagrams
en ddeinr Reddin nidder rinded