concerned
Americanadjective
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interested or affected.
concerned citizens.
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troubled or anxious.
a concerned look.
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having a connection or involvement; participating.
They arrested all those concerned in the kidnapping.
adjective
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(postpositive) interested, guilty, involved, or appropriate
I shall find the boy concerned and punish him
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worried, troubled, or solicitous
Other Word Forms
- concernedly adverb
- concernedness noun
- underconcerned adjective
Etymology
Origin of concerned
Example Sentences
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“It’s going to be very difficult to buy up a whole block,” he said, “so I’m not as concerned about it.”
From Los Angeles Times
Yet the majority of the songs were concerned with a broken relationship, hopelessly dissecting what went wrong.
From BBC
Assistant Commissioner Rachel Williams acknowledged that the "public will be really concerned" by the lapse in vetting procedures.
From BBC
Newlands said they were also concerned about “job losses in industries that have a high Latino employment base,” with those concerns having weighed on shopping behavior and social gatherings.
From MarketWatch
He is also concerned with total CEO compensation, which has implications for all companies, not just defense contractors.
From Barron's
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