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starred
[ stahrd ]
adjective
- set or studded with or as with stars.
- decorated with a star, as of an order.
- marked with a starlike figure or spot, especially an asterisk.
- Linguistics. (of a form or construction) ungrammatical or otherwise unacceptable: so called because of the convention of placing an asterisk before such a form. Compare asterisk ( def 2 ).
- Historical Linguistics. (of a form) hypothetical or reconstructed, but unattested. Compare asterisk ( def 3 ).
starred
/ stɑːd /
adjective
- having luck or fortune as specified
- ( in combination )
ill-starred
Other Words From
- un·starred adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Late former governors of NY, TX starred in a 1994 snack chip ad.
The 2012 miniseries he co-starred in, Hatfields McCoys, was a ratings blockbuster for the History channel.
Colfer adapted the later into a 2012 film, which he also executive produced and starred in.
It was only once he directed and starred in his own short film that he decided to pursue acting as a vocation.
In March 1971, he starred in the TV special Bill Cosby Talks With Children About Drugs.
He chiefly divided his time between the House of Lords and sitting at home, lamenting over his own ill-starred existence.
And thus chatting and meditating they went on their way through meadows starred with flowers.
They starred it in the far West mostly, until her health and mind gave way, and she went raving mad on the stage, I believe.
The settlement no doubt was influenced by the imminence of a large expansion of policy—the ill-starred Irish expedition.
These ill-starred men, a prey to a sort of delirium, ran to their huts and gathered up the little that they possessed.
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