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• past tense form of adjudicate.
• past participle of adjudicate.

adjudicated

American  

[uh-joo-di-key-tid] / əˈdʒu dɪˌkeɪ tɪd /

adjective

1. settled, determined, or decreed judicially.

   The adjudicated amount must be paid by the stipulated due date.

2. submitted to judicial process.

   Media coverage that might enhance the status of an adjudicated youth is discouraged.

   Most of the adjudicated lands showed no sign of anyone ever possessing or working them.

3. (of a contest) judged by one or more experts.

   The choral group attends a retreat in the fall and participates in an adjudicated music festival in the spring.

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verb

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

Other Word Forms

• misadjudicated
  adjective
• nonadjudicated
  adjective
• unadjudicated
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of adjudicated

adjudicate ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

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adjudicated

Notably, it has not been adjudicated whether or not the FCC has crossed the line into jawboning.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

“It could be adjudicated expeditiously, or it could be just determining that they also agree that there was no criminal intent in the chair’s testimony at the banking committee that I participated in,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 30, 2026

“I look forward to finally having an opportunity to have this matter adjudicated in a fair and impartial setting.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025

He claimed her firing was “for cause,” a term whose precise legal meaning hasn’t been adjudicated but is widely interpreted to connote gross malfeasance or some such offense in office.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025

Years later, when the tribe created its first court system, which adjudicated mostly minor crimes, he was elected one of the three judges.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann