Flyblown (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns".
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Meaning 2
Blemished, especially of reputation; "a flyblown reputation".
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Examples
- After years of scandals, the financier had a flyblown reputation on Wall Street and among investors.
- The company's repeated environmental disasters had left its once-pristine image flyblown.
- Her politician's scandalous affair has given his opponent ammunition to call his reputation flyblown.
- The fallen celebrity had a flyblown reputation, one that even her talent couldn't redeem.
- Their corrupt business practices eventually led to a flyblown company culture that repelled employees and clients alike.
Meaning 3
Spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies; "flyblown meat"; "a sack of maggoty apricots".
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