removed
remote; separate; not connected with; distinct from.
distant by a given number of degrees of descent or kinship: A first cousin once removed is the child of one's first cousin or the first cousin of one’s parent.The grandchildren of one's first cousin are one's first cousins twice removed.
Origin of removed
1Other words for removed
Other words from removed
- re·mov·ed·ly [ri-moo-vid-lee, -moovd-], /rɪˈmu vɪd li, -ˈmuvd-/, adverb
- re·mov·ed·ness, noun
- un·re·moved, adjective
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How to use removed in a sentence
So that kind of removed whatever bias we have … before we even meet the candidate.
‘I think it’s all talk’ about DE&I: Overheard at Digiday’s Media Buying Summit | Michael Bürgi | October 20, 2021 | DigidayDespite the policy and action, some of the removed posts have been reinstated and other similar posts and pro-conversion therapy pages remain active on the site.
5 things social media platforms can do to combat anti-LGBTQ disinformation | Brianna January | January 7, 2021 | Washington BladePortraits of Lincoln and Eisenhower were removed from the offices of the Republican National Committee.
Ed Brooke: The Senate's Civil Rights Pioneer and Prophet of a Post-Racial America | John Avlon | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe police suspect that the other unaccounted for 643,000 bitcoins, were removed from customer accounts via an unknown party.
Japanese Bitcoin Heist ‘an Inside Job,’ Not Hackers Alone | Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky, Jake Adelstein | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTCouple removed the weights and continued the session further.
Dungeons and Genital Clamps: Inside a Legendary BDSM Chateau | Ian Frisch | December 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
This week, in response to the report, Apple removed 30 of those groups from their music service.
Uber has removed the driver from its service and is complying with the city police.
Bacteria, when present in great numbers, give a uniform cloud which cannot be removed by ordinary filtration.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddThe dining tables had all been removed to one end of the hall, and the chairs ranged about in rows and in clusters.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinThe metal is then removed, and washed successively with very dilute sodium hydroxid solution, alcohol, and ether.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddBut there came a day, at last, when the inhabitants of Flatland were far indeed removed from the spirit of merriment.
The Giant of the North | R.M. BallantyneBy 1740, he was far enough removed from the theater to have a slightly different perspective on language.
A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope | Colley Cibber
British Dictionary definitions for removed
/ (rɪˈmuːvd) /
separated by distance or abstract distinction
(postpositive) separated by a degree of descent or kinship: the child of a person's first cousin is his first cousin once removed
Derived forms of removed
- removedness (rɪˈmuːvɪdnɪs), noun
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