pitted

¹

[pit-id]

adjective

1. marked or scarred with pits: pit.

   a pitted complexion.

pitted

²

[pit-id]

adjective

1. (of fruit) having the pit removed.

   a pitted olive.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pitted¹

before 1050; Old English pytted (not found in ME); pit ¹, -ed ³

Origin of pitted²

pit ² + -ed ²

Example Sentences

They start in Sydney, pitted against Alexander Zverev's Germany and the Netherlands.

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But the battle between Disney and YouTube TV pitted two entertainment titans against one another and grew particularly tense.

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Israel's army is currently embroiled in a legal and political scandal around leaked video footage allegedly showing the abuse of Palestinian detainees - a case that has pitted ultranationalist politicians against the country's security forces.

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Persistent disagreements have pitted the three states of the river’s lower basin — California, Arizona and Nevada — against the four upper-basin states — Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico.

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“I think sometimes there can be tropes of the women pitted against each other.”

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