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cancelled

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cancelled (British spelling)

  1. simple past and past participle of cancel
    The game was cancelled because of snow on the field.

Adjective

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cancelled (not comparable) (British spelling)

  1. No longer planned or scheduled.
    The cancelled show would have drawn some 5,000 fans.
  2. (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.
  3. (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.

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