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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

What happened next is already being fought over on the internet and soon will be adjudicated in court.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

One flagged doubtful citations, the other assesses each flag, and I adjudicated every call against my archived sources, across 566 end notes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

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

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

Two lower courts ruled that she could keep her job as her case is adjudicated.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026

Though not lawyers, these men presented cases and then adjudicated them.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela