RIDDLED Definition & Meaning

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riddled

[ rid-ld ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

filled with, and often thoroughly weakened by, something undesirable (used in combination):
For decades taxpayers subsidized this fault-riddled nuclear plant, with its defective reactors and substandard construction.
pierced in many places (usually used in combination):
His bullet-riddled body was found two days later.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of riddle ².

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of riddled¹

riddle ²( def ) + -ed ²( def )

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We had to operate carefully, because the country is riddled with informers and secret police who spy on their own people for the ruling military junta.

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Mr Robinson, who runs Hello Starling, a Cardiff-based advertising agency, said vacancies at his business were attracting applications that were riddled with AI-generated sentences.

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Teslas have been set ablaze with Molotov cocktails, riddled with bullets and defaced with swastikas.

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On the highway, our team found a car riddled with bullets.

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"It’s been widely reported that Wolff’s previous works have been riddled with inaccuracies and copyediting mistakes, and this is no different."

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