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• past participle of adjudicate.
• past tense form 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

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

From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026

Messy matters of the heart can’t—and shouldn’t—be adjudicated by a court of law, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

How contract modifications will be adjudicated is also unclear.

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

It will take several years for the case to be adjudicated.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

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

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela