G-rated

[ jee-rey-tid ]

adjective

1. (of a motion picture) deemed suitable for viewers of all ages:

   a G-rated film.

2. innocent; inoffensive: a G-rated first date.

   G-rated language;

   a G-rated first date.

Word History and Origins

Origin of G-rated¹

First recorded in 1965–70; G-(eneral) ( def ) + rate ¹( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

“That Mets team is playing really good baseball,” manager Dave Roberts said, keeping his language G-rated.

From Los Angeles Times

Also, my cookbooks would be G-rated, while this memoir could be rated R.

From Salon

He loved children, and his more G-rated drawings — with faint inflection of Robert Hargreaves’s Mr. Men and Little Miss series — have been grafted onto many books for them, one by his sister Kay Haring.

From New York Times

The director said the expectation was to steer away from PG- or G-rated movies and to be funny by pushing the boundaries along with an emotional storyline.

From Seattle Times

That was the G-rated version of the line he’s been delivering in recent months.

From Seattle Times