stripped

American  

[stript] / strɪpt /

adjective

1. having had a covering, clothing, equipment, or furnishings removed.

   trees stripped of their leaves by the storm; a stripped bed ready for clean sheets.

2. having had usable parts or items removed, as for reuse or resale.

   the hulk of a stripped car.

3. having or containing the bare essentials, with no added features or accessories.

   a stripped new car, with no radio or air conditioning.

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Other Word Forms

• unstripped adjective

Etymology

Origin of stripped

First recorded in 1925–30; strip ¹ + -ed ²

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• stripped vs. striped

Example Sentences

Charles has stripped his brother of his titles and booted him off the Windsor estate, forcing Andrew Mountbatten Windsor to live in a cottage owned by the family in Norfolk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Mounted by showrunner Eric Robles, it’s a streamlined, supercharged telling, stripped of the soap operatics that occupied more of the original series than you might remember.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

But, as D’Souza rather proudly observes, the adjudication process is stripped of the inconvenience of courts: “The Gawker litigation took ten years and millions of dollars. Objection industrializes this process.”

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

"I don't feel sad, just numb," she said, adding that she felt the whole experience of reporting the allegation left her feeling like her dignity was "stripped away".

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

“I can’t believe Reyna would try to find us. It’s taboo, coming to the ancient lands. She’ll be stripped of her praetorship.”

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Related Words

• deprived