defeated
relating to or being the loser in a contest, election, battle, etc.; overcome or vanquished: For several days in succession, fragments of the defeated army straggled through the town.
frustrated, foiled, or thwarted, as plans, dreams, etc.: He could not shake off a feeling of acute disappointment, of defeated hopes.
the simple past tense and past participle of defeat.
Origin of defeated
1Other words from defeated
- qua·si-de·feat·ed, adjective
- un·de·feat·ed, adjective
- un·de·feat·ed·ly, adverb
- un·de·feat·ed·ness, noun
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How to use defeated in a sentence
During the first debate, the president waffled on whether he would concede defeat, falling back on his go-to line about the fraudulent — and unfounded — dangers of mail voting.
A Contested 2020 Election Would Be Way Worse Than Bush v. Gore | Clare Malone (clare.malone@fivethirtyeight.com) | October 9, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightIf you’ve forgotten the details, Volkswagen admitted in September 2015 that it had installed “defeat devices” in millions of its diesel-powered cars.
5 years in, damages from the VW emissions cheating scandal are still rolling in | Geoffrey Colvin | October 6, 2020 | Fortune“Progressive may win Newt Gingrich’s seat, handing Trumpism a major defeat,” was the headline on the article by Larry Rubin, a contributor to People’s World.
GOP senator falsely claims opponent was endorsed by Communist Party | Glenn Kessler | October 6, 2020 | Washington PostYet, as the votes were counted and Macron was declared the winner, Le Pen conceded defeat, allowing for a peaceful transition.
Election Violence In November? Here’s What The Research Says | LGBTQ-Editor | October 2, 2020 | No Straight NewsThe closed-door negotiations between Pelosi and Mnuchin stood in contrast to public finger-pointing by both sides Thursday that appeared almost to forecast defeat and preemptively assign blame.
House Democrats pass $2.2 trillion stimulus bill over GOP opposition; bipartisan talks continue | Erica Werner, Jeff Stein | October 2, 2020 | Washington Post
The citizens of Stevens Point defeated fluoridation by a healthy margin.
And yet Dempsey and others have repeatedly said ISIS cannot be defeated militarily.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War | Nancy A. Youssef | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTHe won re-election twice as governor of New York, and had the hubris to run for a fourth term before being defeated in 1994.
Mario Cuomo, a Frustrating Hero to Democrats, Is Dead at 82 | Eleanor Clift | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTMany parents have been defeated in their efforts to get help from child welfare departments.
Yet even as the Germans wallowed in bitter self-pity, another defeated superpower underwent a dramatic turnaround.
The 20th-Century Dictator Most Idolized by Hitler | William O’Connor | November 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was under his auspices that the battle of Lepanto was fought, in which the Turks were so signally defeated.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellHe was at length defeated in battle, when 7,000 of his followers were slain and himself captured.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellTake counsel together, and it shall be defeated: speak a word, and it shall not be done: because God is with us.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousBattle of Surcoign; British defeated by the French after a sanguinary conflict.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellBattle of Wakefield; the forces of Charles I defeated by the parliamentary troops.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel Munsell
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