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dashed

1 American  
[dasht] / dæʃt /

adjective

  1. made up of dashes: dash.

    a dashed line down the middle of the road.
dashed 2 American  
[dasht] / dæʃt /

adjective

Chiefly British.

  1. (used as a euphemism) damned.

    dashed impudence; dashed bad luck.

Other Word Forms

  • dashedly adverb

Etymology

Origin of dashed1

First recorded in 1640–50; dash 1 + -ed 2

Origin of dashed2

First recorded in 1640–50; dash 2 + -ed 2

Example Sentences

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Everyone awaited word of a potential American invasion of Greenland, contemplated the potential for Europe to reduce its reliance on U.S. tech and had their hopes for corporate dealmaking dashed.

From The Wall Street Journal

I dashed it out in about 10 minutes - how for the first time in my 20-year career, I ended up using notes while doing live TV news thanks to the perimenopause brain fog.

From BBC

Speed, dressed in shorts and his trademark number seven football shirt - this time in the yellow of Ethiopia - dashed around the city.

From BBC

San Francisco's hopes of becoming just the third team to play a Super Bowl in their own stadium were dashed by divisional rivals Seattle.

From BBC

I dashed down the porch steps and caught up with her, only to find she was back to tormenting the tavern’s sweet mule, Lucky Pete.

From Literature

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