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Adjective: dystopian  dis'tow-pee-un
  1. Of or pertaining to or resembling a dystopia
    "The novel painted a dystopian future where technology controlled every aspect of life";
    - dystopic [non-standard]
     
  2. As bad as can be; characterized by human misery
    "AIDS is one of the dystopian harbingers of the global villages";
    - dystopic [non-standard]

Antonym: utopian

Encyclopedia: Dystopian