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A damaging influence or a condition of serious decline and deterioration.

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blight

The report describes boarded-up storefronts as a sign of urban blight.
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A blight of neglect damaged the shared courtyard of an island research station in an invented novella, leaving broken benches and abandoned materials where residents once gathered.
From Loss, Decline, and Recovery.
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