stripped

[stript]

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.

Other Word Forms

• unstripped adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of stripped¹

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

Example Sentences

Since it was taken out of service last year, MV Hebridean Isles has been painstakingly stripped of anything useful including items destined for a museum, a public garden and a nautical training college.

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He is now in al-Sina prison, and they have both been stripped of their citizenships.

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Former Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina, who was ousted in a coup last week, has been stripped of his citizenship by the new regime.

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For the last weeks of her life, Natalie, now 44, watched her daughter writhing in agony as her bladder was stripped of its lining - a condition known as ketamine bladder syndrome.

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Madagascar's new government has stripped ousted president Andry Rajoelina of his Malagasy nationality in a decree published Friday, media reports said, 10 days after he was removed in a military takeover.

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Related Words

• deprived