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caste-ridden

caste-ridden adjective: dominated or plagued by castes.

Adjective

caste-ridden (comparative more caste-ridden, superlative most caste-ridden)

  1. Dominated or plagued by castes.
    • A caste-ridden society has an additional problem to overcome.

Forms of caste-ridden

comparativemore caste-ridden
superlativemost caste-ridden

Origin of caste-ridden

From caste + -ridden.

Questions about caste-ridden

What does caste-ridden mean?
Caste-ridden means dominated or plagued by castes.
What part of speech is caste-ridden?
Caste-ridden is an adjective.

Words near caste-ridden in the dictionary

  1. castaways
  2. castaxanthin
  3. castcest
  4. caste
  5. caste system
  6. caste-ridden
  7. casted
  8. casted off
  9. castedst
  10. Casteel
  11. Casteels

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