reprimand
noun
a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
reprimanded
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past participleof reprimand.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof reprimand.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
reprimandnouna severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
Example Sentences
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The station said the person who played the files had been "reprimanded" and had "apologised".
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
The staff member involved has been reprimanded, and the obituary files have been moved off the studio desktop to prevent a repeat incident.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
David Stivers, was reprimanded two months before Nancy’s kidnapping for “poor judgment,” blamed for delays securing crime-scene evidence in a homicide case, personnel records from a public-records request show.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Bankruptcy stands as a way to rewrite your future, not be forever reprimanded for the mistakes of your past.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
He looked down, like a child being reprimanded, and felt, again, afraid that she would ask him to get out of her life forever.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
