nixed

[ nikst ]

adjective

, Informal.

1. vetoed, scrapped, denied, or discontinued; prevented from proceeding:

   The nixed trade deal means a less competitive environment in the construction sector.

   One of the nixed Facebook pages had more than one million followers.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of nix ¹.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nixed¹

First recorded in 1920–25, for an earlier sense; nix ¹( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective; nix ¹( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb

Example Sentences

I’ve read that there were certain kinds of rants that you wanted to go on, or long monologues that in the beginning, Jemaine kind of nixed.

From Salon

“Bake Off” will no longer have nationality-themed challenge weeks, which were officially nixed in anticipation of Season 14 over racism accusations.

From Salon

Newsom’s veto of AB 2586 marked the second time this month that he nixed legislation to expand services to undocumented immigrants.

From Los Angeles Times

He said Proposition 47 needed to be nixed and that state Democrats had been pushing too many “pro-criminal” policies.

From Los Angeles Times

Since such conduct is apparently now above board for presidents, it’s nixed from the latest indictment, even if the underlying charges remain the same.

From Salon