branded

[bran-did]

adjective

1. marked with a branding iron to show ownership.

   branded cattle.

2. Commerce.,  carrying the brand or trademark of a manufacturer.

   branded merchandise.

branded

/ ˈbrændɪd /

adjective

1. identifiable as being the product of a particular manufacturer or marketing company

Other Word Forms

• nonbranded adjective
• well-branded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of branded¹

First recorded in 1645–55; brand + -ed ³

Example Sentences

The park then asked for federal funding to be able to continue caring for the animals - but this was denied, being branded "inappropriate" by Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson.

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At an event on Sunday evening, Shadow Housing Secretary James Cleverly branded Farage a "socialist" - the worst insult in the Tory lexicon.

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Further evidence of violence in the Ives household emerged in text messages read to the court, in which the couple were branded "child beaters" by their own son.

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It comes after the US president announced last week a 100% levy on branded or patented drug imports from 1 October.

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Counsel to the inquiry Nicholas Moss KC said the weapon was "named and branded in a way to make it look as ferocious a weapon as possible".

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