foredoomed

verb

past tense of foredoom
as in destined
to determine the fate of in advance since the dawn of the ages he was foredoomed to become king one day

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  1. destined
  2. doomed
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  • Two years ago, no one knew The Brutalist, a three-hour drama about architecture from the guy who brought you Vox Lux, was destined to win multiple Oscars.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Smokejumpers kicked cargo destined for mountain villages in Vietnam, Hmong rebels in Laos, and Muslim dissidents in China.
    — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of destined
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  • Kelly finds the public’s current craving for unique genre storytelling encouraging, but feels that like most trends, it may be doomed to impermanence.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • As a result, the Swift observatory is doomed to burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere later this year.
    — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of doomed
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“Foredoomed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foredoomed. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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