foredoom

[ verb fawr-doom, fohr-; noun fawr-doom, fohr- ]

verb (used with object)

1. to doom beforehand; destine.

noun

1. Archaic. a doom ordained beforehand; destiny.

foredoom

/ fɔːˈduːm /

verb

1. tr to doom or condemn beforehand

Word History and Origins

Origin of foredoom¹

First recorded in 1555–65; fore- + doom

Example Sentences

Croucher described the planned voyage by men with no experience of boats as a trip “foredoomed to failure.”

From Seattle Times

Judges' comments: "A heartbreaking exploration of lives at the margins of society, mobilising fiercely inventive characters whose lives seem mostly to have been foredoomed."

From BBC

His mix of economic populism and deliberate racial polarization was supposed to be demographically foredoomed — but instead it won him precisely those regions Trende’s analysis had highlighted, and the presidency as well.

From New York Times

“If researchers start stuffing their bad code into a container and pass it on, we are foredoomed to failure.”

From Nature

Outraged, Castro plotted for a year, then led a band of some 40 men in a foredoomed frontal attack against Santiago’s Moncada barracks.

From Time