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Meaning of 'rotten'
Meaning of 'rotten' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Rotten 
[ a.]
- Having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten
meat. [ a.]- Offensive to the smell; fetid; disgusting.
- Not firm or trusty; unsound; defective; treacherous; unsafe; as, a rotten plank, bone, stone.
Meaning of 'rotten' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. rotten [ s]
[ s]Meaning (1):
- very bad
- very bad
Example in sentence:
- a lousy play;
- it's a stinking world
Meaning (2):
- having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness
- having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness
Example in sentence:
- dead and rotten in his grave
Meaning (3):
- damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless
- damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless
Example in sentence:
- a decayed foundation;
- rotted beams;
- rotten floor boards
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