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Webster 1828 Edition


Challenged

CHALLENGED

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Called to combat or o contest; claimed; demanded, as due; called from a jury.

Definition 2024


challenged

challenged

English

Verb

challenged

  1. simple past tense and past participle of challenge

Adjective

challenged (comparative more challenged, superlative most challenged)

  1. Lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill; used after adverbs to make politically correct adjectives.
    mentally challenged
  2. Used following adverbs to make jocular adjectives in imitation of and mocking politically correct adjectives of this kind, as "X-challenged" = "lacking X".
    vertically challenged

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