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past tense form of deem.
past participle of deem.

Synonyms

deemed

American

[deemd] / dimd /

adjective

assumed or judged.

No one ships cars here from the United States—it would cost you 85% duty on the deemed value of the car!

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of deem.

Etymology

Origin of deemed

deem ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

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Ellis herself—portrayed by the much-honored English actress Sharon D. Clarke—is a specialist of sorts, a crack investigator who parachutes into under-resourced locales to help with cases deemed otherwise unsolvable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026

“It is unnecessary that we have to have this pond deemed a high security risk. That is weird.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026

The damages awarded for the period Google was deemed at fault -- 15 years in the UK and 10 years in Sweden and Denmark -- were also lower than what Pricerunner had requested, he noted.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

Proposals also include new civil powers known as Conversion Practice Protection Orders, which they say will "pre-emptively protect those deemed to be at risk of abuse".

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

Someone who could tell them why what the market deemed impossible was at least improbable.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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