-ridden

//ˈɹɪdən// suffix

suffix ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Suffix
  1. 1
    Figuratively construed as “repeatedly/perennially affected by” or “unable to escape from”. morpheme

    "crime + -ridden → crime-ridden"

Synonyms

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lousy withriddledriddled with

Example

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"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."

Etymology

Back-formation from bedridden.

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