A blighted rose.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Noun : Extravagance was the blight of the family. ,urban blight.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : Frost blighted the crops. ,Illness blighted his hopes.    From Dictionary.com. 

What they do in "blighted inner city neighborhoods" is displace the people who have historically lived there.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forest City Covington and SunCal Early Favorites for Corporate Welfare IRBIE Awards] Reference

Hopes sapped, name blighted, Life's life lied away?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2] Reference

Hopes sapp'd, name blighted, Life's life lied away?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lord Byron jugé par les témoins de sa vie. English] Reference

Homelessness is on the rise and many neighborhoods remain blighted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Irwin Redlener, M.D.: Forget Recovery -- Can New Orleans and the Gulf Coast Survive?] Reference

The condition, known as a blighted ovum, means the embryo is simply too weak to survive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Getting Pregnant] Reference

AZUSA - After a fire burnt a portion of a what city officials have called blighted housing.    From Wordnik.com.  [San Gabriel Valley Tribune Most Viewed] Reference

TWA sits gorgeously empty and GM's Technical Center recalls a blighted industry's better days.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Apparently it's called a blighted ovum, a term I'd never heard before...and really wish I'd still never heard.    From Wordnik.com.  [All the Preparation in the World - SpouseBUZZ] Reference

She had not waited for my presence, because she knew the bridal wreath woven for her would recall the blighted bloom of mine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author] Reference

A survey to determine if the neighborhood is "blighted" - a precondition invoked to justify eviction via eminent domain.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bwog] Reference

I'd like to see a map of the proposed "blighted" area.    From Wordnik.com.  [Portland "urban renewal" abuse hits new low (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference

The politicians don't even have to use the "blighted" word.    From Wordnik.com.  [Feelings, nothing more than feelings (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference

They have all been condemned as "blighted" by Norwood, Ohio.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coyote Blog » 2005 » June] Reference

The area was recently rezoned because of how "blighted" it is.    From Wordnik.com.  [Portland neighbors vs. apartment bunkers, Round 938 (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference

Hey, what's more "blighted" than a mothballed skyscraper construction pit?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jack Bog's Blog: September 2009 Archives] Reference

I would also like to see someone defend the current definition of "blighted".    From Wordnik.com.  [Sound Politics: Absence of Justice] Reference

In late 2007, the council passed an ordinance declaring the CCRP area "blighted".    From Wordnik.com.  [Might Makes Blight: Eminent Domain v. Free Speech in Clarksville, Tennessee] Reference

The real rub is deciding what is a "blighted" area and then what is a "public purpose.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Eminent domain moratorium on Thursday Council agenda - BatesLine] Reference

Asbury Park Press - 7/13/2007: "Belmar bakery not" blighted "; Ruling a blow to redevelopment".    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference

So the city of Long Branch labeled the beachfront community "blighted," and proceeded with its plans.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 25, 2006] Reference

Ledger - 7/20/2007: "Judge rules city failed to prove that Mulberry Street site is 'blighted'" -- archived here.    From Wordnik.com.  [Redevelopment: Newark's Mulberry Street lesson for Plainfield] Reference

In 2002, the city San Jose declared a full third of its area "blighted" to create one massive merged redevelopment zone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Black Market Kidneys » Blight: Not Just for the Prolies Anymore] Reference

Yes, I noted the NY Times spin--it wasn't a 'blighted' residentail neighborhood, it was a 'faded' residential neighborhood.    From Wordnik.com.  [Has the Court "erased the Public Use Clause from our Constitution"?] Reference

Hope sapped, name blighted, Life's life lied away? ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4] Reference

Hopes sapp'd, name blighted, Life's life lied away? ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Lord Byron jugé par les témoins de sa vie. English] Reference

Property prices 'blighted' by nuclear power station plans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Whitehaven News headlines] Reference

TIF districts are intended to spur development in "blighted" communities.    From Wordnik.com.  [CBS13/CW31: Sacramento's Source For Breaking News, Weather and Traffic] Reference

TIF projects involve "blighted" properties a case-by-case basis, chosen by the City Council.    From Wordnik.com.  [McCook Daily Gazette Headlines] Reference

This land is much more "blighted" and would struggle to improve with out some government assistance.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily News - News] Reference

That would be the "blighted" soccer stadium that was last renovated at the turn of the 21st century.    From Wordnik.com.  [Portland Mercury] Reference

Millions are asking as the whole country heads for a Detroit like "blighted" by capitalism slum future.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sydney Indymedia - Comments] Reference

Far from being a 'blighted' decade, the 70s marked the zenith of progressive politics, as I argued here.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Statesman] Reference

SoHo, once a "blighted" neighborhood, is a counter-example, where Moses's knock-down plans were defeated.    From Wordnik.com.  [BrothersJudd Blog] Reference

As most U.S. citizens have "blighted" the landscape in horrid summer clothes, they should really honor the.    From Wordnik.com.  [NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias] Reference

At some point, "urban renewal" folks come in, destroy the "blighted" mall, rebuild it with taxpayer money.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert Lindsay] Reference

It was turned into a city parking lot in order to provide tourist parking and clean up of "blighted" buildings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

It's things JUST like this that they are regularly exposed to in these "blighted" areas of our cities and towns.    From Wordnik.com.  [The PA-IN Erudition] Reference

Carlisle City Council is being urged to buy vacant buildings in Warwick Road to prevent the area becoming "blighted".    From Wordnik.com.  [News round-up] Reference

TADs are economically "blighted" areas where property taxes collected above a certain level can be used for specified improvements.    From Wordnik.com.  [ajc.com - News] Reference