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past participle of deem.
past tense form 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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Lady Donaldson is facing a trial of the facts after she was previously deemed unfit to face a conventional trial on mental health grounds.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

By 2020, around 37 percent of the country's residential buildings were deemed unsafe.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

“We lost eight great Americans. This crash is deemed to be unsurvivable,” Hayes told reporters, “and right now, our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who lost their loved ones.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

With scant due process, the Pentagon deemed Anthropic a supply-chain risk and ordered its models removed from military systems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

But I was glad that with high school just around the corner, I was deemed mature enough to know my cousin's biggest secrets.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

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