removed

[ ri-moovd ]

adjective

1. remote; separate; not connected with; distinct from.

   Synonyms: apart, solitary, isolated, abstracted, withdrawn

2. distant by a given number of degrees of descent or kinship:

   A first cousin once removed is the child of one's first cousin or the first cousin of one’s parent.

   The grandchildren of one's first cousin are one's first cousins twice removed.

removed

/ rɪˈmuːvɪdnɪs; rɪˈmuːvd /

adjective

1. separated by distance or abstract distinction
2. postpositive separated by a degree of descent or kinship

   the child of a person's first cousin is his first cousin once removed

Derived Forms

• removedness, noun

Other Words From

• re·mov·ed·ly [ri-, moo, -vid-lee, -, moovd, -], adverb
• re·moved·ness noun
• unre·moved adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of removed¹

First recorded in 1540–50; remove + -ed ²

Example Sentences

So that kind of removed whatever bias we have … before we even meet the candidate.

From Digiday

Despite the policy and action, some of the removed posts have been reinstated and other similar posts and pro-conversion therapy pages remain active on the site.

From Washington Blade

Portraits of Lincoln and Eisenhower were removed from the offices of the Republican National Committee.

From The Daily Beast

The police suspect that the other unaccounted for 643,000 bitcoins, were removed from customer accounts via an unknown party.

From The Daily Beast

Couple removed the weights and continued the session further.

From The Daily Beast

This week, in response to the report, Apple removed 30 of those groups from their music service.

From The Daily Beast

Uber has removed the driver from its service and is complying with the city police.

From The Daily Beast

Bacteria, when present in great numbers, give a uniform cloud which cannot be removed by ordinary filtration.

From Project Gutenberg

The dining tables had all been removed to one end of the hall, and the chairs ranged about in rows and in clusters.

From Project Gutenberg

The metal is then removed, and washed successively with very dilute sodium hydroxid solution, alcohol, and ether.

From Project Gutenberg

But there came a day, at last, when the inhabitants of Flatland were far indeed removed from the spirit of merriment.

From Project Gutenberg

By 1740, he was far enough removed from the theater to have a slightly different perspective on language.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• aloof
• away
• detached
• distant
• isolated