-ridden

Back-formation from bedridden.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪdən/, [ˈɹɪdn̩]

-ridden

1. Figuratively construed as “repeatedly/perennially affected by” or “unable to escape from”.

   ‎crime + ‎-ridden → ‎crime-ridden

   ‎bug + ‎-ridden → ‎bug-ridden

   • 2025 February 11, Steven Levitsky, Lucan A. Way, “The Path to American Authoritarianism”, in Foreign Affairs‎^[1], archived from the original on 12 February 2025:

     He could also fulfill his campaign promise to launch the “largest deportation operation in American history,” targeting millions of people in an abuse-ridden process that would inevitably lead to the mistaken detention of thousands of U.S. citizens.

• lousy with
• riddled with, -riddled

• Reddin, nidder, rinded