deterred

American  

[dih-turd] / dɪˈtɜrd /

adjective

1. discouraged or restrained from acting or proceeding.

   A visible thief is a deterred thief, so installing motion-sensing lights on your property helps to protect it.

2. kept from happening; prevented or checked.

   Assuming that those 79,000 deterred property crimes have an average cost of $1,900 each, that’s a savings of over $150 million.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of deter.

Other Word Forms

• undeterred adjective

Etymology

Origin of deterred

deter ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

“If oil prices shot up to $100, producers might not be deterred by any of this. With Brent in the high $50s, Venezuelan oil may be far more trouble than it’s worth,” she added.

From Barron's

It helps ranchers identify the owner of a lost or stray animal and has long deterred theft.

From The Wall Street Journal

“To see the warmth of the people here, and the fact that we’re unafraid to come out, shows we won’t be deterred by whatever antisemitism there is, and there’s a lot of it.”

From Los Angeles Times

While some job applicants expressed interest in working on Ani, other prospects were deterred, some of the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Subclade K appears sufficiently different immunologically that it would be much less deterred by either the current vaccine or immunity from past H3N2 infections.”

From Barron's

Related Words

• barred
• blocked
• closed
• confined
• controlled
• defined
• deprived
• prescribed
• reduced
• restrained
• secured
• shortened
• tethered