spotted

[ spot-id ]

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adjective

marked with or characterized by a spot or spots.
sullied; blemished.

Origin of spotted

Middle English word dating back to 1200–50; see origin at spot, -ed³

Other words from spotted

spot·ted·ly, adverb
spot·ted·ness, noun

Words Nearby spotted

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How to use spotted in a sentence

Half of the 18 counties in Oregon’s timber-dominant region lost more money from tax cuts on private forests than from the oft-blamed reduction of logging on federal lands stemming from environmental protections for the northern spotted owl.
“We Have Counties in Deep Trouble”: Oregon Lawmakers Seek to Reverse Timber Tax Cuts That Cost Communities Billions | by Rob Davis, The Oregonian/OregonLive, and Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting | February 5, 2021 | ProPublica
Unconfirmed reports in the French media claimed that the brothers were spotted at a gas station in northern France on Thursday.
France Mourns—and Hunts | Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST
They were looping back around and coming down Tiebout Avenue when they spotted two figures.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown | Michael Daly | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST
Other officials told reporters that searchers also spotted a life vest and baggage in the water.
Wreckage, Bodies of AirAsia Crash Found | Lennox Samuels | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
There, Jesse once again spotted Wahlberg and his friends lurking.
Mark Wahlberg’s Pardon Plea: A Look Back At His Troubling, Violent, and Racist Rap Sheet | Marlow Stern | December 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

Conservative hit man turned liberal media critic David Brock, spotted smoking an e-cigarette in the lobby.
Team Clinton Prepares for the Other Side of If | David Freedlander | November 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The general ensemble of war-paint and spotted ponies was enough for me; I didn't need to be told that it was my move.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
Quite a shower of shell fell all about us, the Turks having spotted there was some sort of "bloke" on the Rattlesnake.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian Hamilton
spotted Flycatchers appear, however, to vary in numbers to a certain extent in different years.
Birds of Guernsey (1879) | Cecil Smith
The worst of it is, we kain't start the ball a-rollin' till we get that girl spotted—that's the hell of it!
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
So they bore spotted Snake away with them in the canoe, while the Dogtown gang shrieked farewells from the old landing.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn | Margaret Penrose

British Dictionary definitions for spotted

spotted

/ (ˈspɒtɪd) /

adjective

characterized by spots or marks, esp in having a pattern of spots
stained or blemished; soiled or bespattered

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