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scrubbed

American  
[skruhb-id] / ˈskrʌb ɪd /

adjective

Archaic.
  1. stunted; scrubby.


Other Word Forms

  • unscrubbed adjective
  • well-scrubbed adjective

Etymology

Origin of scrubbed

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

Example Sentences

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Information that’s publicly available, such as vehicle, real estate or voting records, also does not need to be scrubbed.

From Los Angeles Times

Companies are crafting plans to release scrubbed water into rivers.

From The Wall Street Journal

When AI systems train on content from the Chinese internet, it is already scrubbed as part of China’s so-called Great Firewall, the system Beijing set up years ago to block online content it finds objectionable.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was scrubbed off the Queen's Building, in the Royal Courts of Justice complex days after it appeared.

From BBC

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

From Literature