-ridden en · X
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹɪdən/
- [ˈɹɪdn̩]
Etymology
Back-formation from bedridden.
Meanings
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(morpheme) Figuratively construed as “repeatedly/perennially affected by” or “unable to escape from”.
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.
2025 February 11, Steven Levitsky, Lucan A. Way, “The Path to American Authoritarianism”, in Foreign Affairs, archived from the original on 12 Feb 2025:crime + -ridden → crime-ridden
bug + -ridden → bug-ridden