scrubbed

[skruhb-id]

adjective

Archaic.

1. stunted; scrubby.

Other Word Forms

• unscrubbed adjective
• well-scrubbed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of scrubbed¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; scrub ² + -ed ³

Example Sentences

He stank of horses and left muddy boot prints on the floors that poor Svetlana had so recently scrubbed.

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“I have been in the most malodorous surroundings imaginable and feel the need to be thoroughly scrubbed.”

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Three candidates were scrubbed off the ballot paper on the grounds that they did not fulfil all the necessary conditions, the electoral body's chair, Jean-Pierre Ouaboue said.

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The new curriculum is also taught in occupied parts of Ukraine, where authorities have seized and destroyed Ukrainian-language books, and residents say Ukraine’s national history is scrubbed from the timetable.

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Steam that passes through the torus is scrubbed of most of its radioactive isotopes before it leaves the building, a vast improvement over allowing the steam to enter the environment without any intervention.

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