hyphenated

[hahy-fuh-ney-tid]

adjective

Informal.

1. of, relating to, or designating a person, group, or organization of mixed origin or identity.

   an Irish-American club and other hyphenated organizations.

hyphenated

/ ˈhaɪfəˌneɪtɪd /

adjective

1. containing or linked with a hyphen

2. having a nationality denoted by a hyphenated word, as in American-Irish

3. denoting something, such as a professional career, that consists of two elements, as in singer-songwriter

Other Word Forms

• unhyphenated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hyphenated¹

First recorded in 1890–95; hyphenate + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Versions with and without the hyphen have been used in the past, but a 1960 Privy Council announcement used the hyphenated version, which will be used from now on.

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An Orange County election board staff member told her they suspected that process initially failed because her last name is now hyphenated.

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The Conservative leader has pushed for the integration of newcomers, saying Canada does not need to be a "hyphenated society".

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Such hyphenated Americans, he said, felt a “degree of accepted and reasonable pride,” and had succeeded in connecting “their heritage to their mother country” and also to “where they are now” in America.

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The claim also defended Villanueva’s use of the inspector general’s full name, noting that his longer, hyphenated name is included on some public records websites as well as on his desk plaque.

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