R-rated

[ahr-rey-tid]

adjective

1. (of a motion picture) suitable for those under 17 years of age only when accompanied by an adult.

2. mature, adult, or vulgar: R-rated jokes.

   R-rated language;

   R-rated jokes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of R-rated¹

First recorded in 1965–70; R ³ ( def. ) + rate ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

“If we have an R-rated or horror film on the same day as a PG animated film, I can promise you: We’re always going to try to play that PG animated film,” said Phil Zacheretti, chief executive of Phoenix Theatres Entertainment, which operates multiplexes across the country.

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But every original PG-13 or R-rated movie like “Sinners” that gets adults to theaters without their children feels like a miracle.

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Today’s 11- to 13-year-olds don’t have much association with the R-rated, drug-saturated movie made decades before they were born.

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The original may have been R-rated and extraordinarily violent, but it also has its own action figure line.

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The Predator is an extreme example: a literal monster from the Freddy Krueger generation, virtually wordless and best known for inflicting R-rated violence and taking the skulls of victims as trophies.

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