precluded

American  

[pri-kloo-did] / prɪˈklu dɪd /

adjective

1. prevented or made impossible; disallowed or ruled out.

   A company can "fairly dismiss" an employee without giving a reason, so long as the position does not fall into a precluded category under the law.

2. (of a person) excluded or debarred; shut out.

   Literature by people of other races and cultures allows us to listen to these previously precluded voices of difference.

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verb

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

Other Word Forms

• unprecluded adjective

Etymology

Origin of precluded

preclude ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

I could have claimed Austrian retirement on my 65th birthday in 2023, but concerns about the Windfall Elimination Provision interfering with my Social Security benefits precluded this.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 4, 2025

One habit that precluded improvement was their reading of trivial romantic novels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Even though the government did not clarify whether Vidovic had served his time, it said a criminal sentence precluded him from holding public office.

From Barron's • Nov. 20, 2025

As a result, future litigants can — and likely will, armed with collateral estoppel — argue that the federal government is precluded from denying citizenship on that basis again.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2025

Those developments were precluded in Polynesia, because no Polynesian island except New Zealand had significant metal deposits.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond