riddled
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riddled
- /ˈɹɪdəld/
adjective more riddled · most riddled
- Damaged throughout by holes. When the legislation was debated by the House of Commons, Labour Deputy Leader Angela Rayner said it was "riddled with holes", while former Conservative Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg said it was "badly written".
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Taking a noun complement construed with the preposition with.
The minister claimed that the old benefits system was riddled with abuse and fraud.
Similar: lousy
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Taking a noun complement that precedes the adjective, forming a compound.
a hole-riddled sweater
Similar: -ridden
verb
- simple past and past participle of riddle
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: damaged, full, covered, sieve, prey, rife, replete, marked, dialed, mined, pricked, pockmarked, bored, warrened, pertused, ragged
Talk about this word "riddled." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/riddled. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. riddled. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/riddled "riddled." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/riddled.Cite this
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title = {riddled},
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