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Riddled

/ˈrɪdld/

Riddled (مُثقوب بكثرة أو مليء بالعيوب والمشاكل) — illustrated meaning of the English word Riddled on GL Dictionary

Meaning of Riddled

Full of holes or faults.

ما معنى كلمة Riddled بالعربي؟

مُثقوب بكثرة أو مليء بالعيوب والمشاكل

🕳️💥 مُثقوب بكثرة أو مليء بالعيوب والمشاكل؛ مُمتلئ بالثقوب أو مُتضرر بشدة؛ حالة تضرر شاملة تُشير إلى وجود عيوب أو مشاكل كثيرة ومُتكررة تُؤثر على الوظيفة والمظهر العام للشيء 🕳️💥

قصة GL: الثقوب الكثيرة في النظام التعليمي التقليدي - مُمتلئ بالثقوب التطويرية، حالة التضرر الشاملة التي دفعت نايف العيسى لتطوير التعلم الجيني بعد معاناته من فقدان الذاكرة في ألمانيا، فأسس نظاماً مُتكاملاً بدون ثقوب أو عيوب ⚡

Synonyms & related words

piercedpepperedfilledpackedperforatedinfestedspattered

Riddled in a sentence

Data riddled with errors were excluded.
Scientific/GL Research
A plan riddled with risk was rejected.
Business/GL Innovation
An argument riddled with gaps was dismissed.
Legal/GL Patent
An essay riddled with mistakes needs editing.
Educational/GL Training

Origin of Riddled

From riddle 'to pierce with holes'.

In the Genetic Learning (GL) context

In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, riddled is usually followed by with. GL checks data so they are not riddled with errors.

Riddled audio micro-course (transcript)

Three short podcasts about “Riddled”. Listen with the interactive player.

Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning

Narrator: Today's word is "Riddled" — adjective, pronounced /ˈrɪdld/, with the stress on "rid".

Narrator: Riddled means full of something unpleasant, such as holes, errors or disease.

Narrator: In plain English, riddled means full of bad things.

Narrator: It comes from riddle, an old word for a coarse sieve, full of holes.

Narrator: A common collocation is "riddled with errors", which describes a text full of mistakes.

Narrator: It differs from "full", because full is neutral, while riddled is always negative.

Narrator: In a second sense, "riddled with guilt" means feeling deeply guilty.

Narrator: Editing, construction, medicine and journalism all rely on the word.

Narrator: So remember: riddled means peppered with problems.

Read podcasts 2 and 3

Podcast 2 — In conversation

Speaker A: Why did the teacher return your essay?

Speaker B: It was RIDDLED with errors! It comes from riddle, an old sieve.

Speaker A: Spelling mistakes?

Speaker B: Dozens.

Speaker A: Example sentences?

Speaker B: "The beams were riddled with woodworm", building. "The report is riddled with errors", editing. "He was riddled with doubt", feelings.

Speaker A: Common mistakes?

Speaker B: Always follow it with "with", as in "riddled with holes".

Speaker A: Close relatives?

Speaker B: Full is its cousin, infested its twin, and peppered an alternative — yet riddled keeps its holey charm!

Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering

Speaker B: Let's use "riddled" in AI prompts — useful for proofreading and code quality.

Speaker A: How for proofreading?

Speaker B: Fix everything.

Prompt: Correct this document, which is riddled with spelling and grammar errors.

Speaker A: And code?

Speaker B: Clean up.

Prompt: Find the bugs in this function, which seems riddled with off-by-one errors.

Speaker A: Could it help surveys?

Speaker B: Yes, for buildings.

Prompt: Write a survey note for a roof timber riddled with woodworm.

Speaker A: One more?

Speaker B: Data cleaning.

Prompt: Clean this spreadsheet, which is riddled with duplicates and blank rows.

Frequently asked questions about Riddled

What does Riddled mean?

Full of holes or faults.

ما معنى كلمة Riddled بالعربي؟

مُثقوب بكثرة أو مليء بالعيوب والمشاكل — 🕳️💥 مُثقوب بكثرة أو مليء بالعيوب والمشاكل؛ مُمتلئ بالثقوب أو مُتضرر بشدة؛ حالة تضرر شاملة تُشير إلى وجود عيوب أو مشاكل كثيرة ومُتكررة تُؤثر على الوظيفة والمظهر العام للشيء 🕳️💥

How do you pronounce Riddled?

Riddled is pronounced /ˈrɪdld/ and is used as an adjective.

How is Riddled used in a sentence?

Data riddled with errors were excluded.

What are synonyms of Riddled?

pierced, peppered, filled, packed, perforated, infested.

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