deterred

[dih-turd]

adjective

1. discouraged or restrained from acting or proceeding.

   A visible thief is a deterred thief, so installing motion-sensing lights on your property helps to protect it.

2. kept from happening; prevented or checked.

   Assuming that those 79,000 deterred property crimes have an average cost of $1,900 each, that’s a savings of over $150 million.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of deter.

Other Word Forms

• undeterred adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of deterred¹

deter ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

McGill, who has slipped to 57th in the world and was playing in his first final in eight years, was not deterred by losing the advantage.

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The New York Times, which is not regulated by the FCC, has vowed it "will not be deterred by intimidation tactics".

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"Use of firearms to commit murder must be deterred and penalties enforced must be appropriate to achieve that."

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The spokesperson for Hodgson said she "will not be deterred and will continue to support her constituents".

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But they have turned down those offers, deterred by the difficulty of hiring in the midst of an immigration crackdown and doubts that the demand will be sustained.

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