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

A Belfast woman who "strung along" a seriously ill man with lies that she would donate her kidney to him has been branded "callous" and "not human".

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Lawrence also revealed that Stone was the "Muppet head" out of the two, while she branded herself as the "ideas guy".

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Thai media reported police investigated participants for allegedly filming clips featuring pillows branded with the name of an online casino at their hotel, a breach of the country's strict gambling laws.

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The U.S. imports many branded drugs from Europe, while for generics, it relies heavily on India.

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While Britain has some of the strictest gun controls in the world, rampant knife crime has been branded a "national crisis" by Starmer.

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