Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - doomed

1. If something is doomed to happen, or if you are doomed to a particular state, something unpleasant is certain to happen, and you can do nothing to prevent it. Their plans seemed doomed to failure... ADJ: v-link ADJ, ADJ to n, ADJ to-inf 2. Someone or something that is doomed is certain to fail or be destroyed. I used to pour time and energy into projects that were doomed from the start. ADJ