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

Leeds went on to waste a succession of chances to add to their lead, with a captain's challenge from Saints also seeing a Handley try scrubbed off.

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The White House has defended the accuracy of DOGE’s claims, with a spokesperson recently saying, “All numbers are rigorously scrubbed with agency procurement officials.”

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So it is that the first truly post-social media president has brought the scrubbed and anesthetized taste of the internet to the White House grounds.

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Even Jackie Robinson, whose feats seemed an indisputable point of pride for all Americans, had his military career temporarily scrubbed from government websites in a recent purge against allegedly “woke” history.

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On 4 June, the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre – a date scrubbed from China's public memory by the authorities – he stood again outside the consulate chanting anti-Chinese Communist Party slogans.

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