cancelled
English
editAlternative forms
edit- canceled (US)
Verb
editcancelled (British spelling)
- simple past and past participle of cancel
- The game was cancelled because of snow on the field.
Adjective
editcancelled (not comparable) (British spelling)
- No longer planned or scheduled.
- The cancelled show would have drawn some 5,000 fans.
- (of a mail item) Marked over the stamp, to show that the stamp has been used.
- Most of the cancelled specimens were somewhat less valuable philatelically.
- (of a person) Socially censured in a way expected to be durable rather than transient. [21st century]
- On the question of rehabilitation for cancelled celebrities, the nature of the offence is relevant: a bad day is different from a life of abusive crime.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editNo longer planned or scheduled
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