| Definitions | | hyphenated |
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verb
- (past particple of, hyphenate)
- Compounding the word looked wrong, so I it instead.
adjective
- Referring to something that has been written with a hyphen.
- Some dictionaries list words as though they contained no punctuation.
- Referring to a person who claims more than one nationality or ethnicity, or who expresses recognition of their national or ethnic heritage while also recognizing their current nationality.
- "The Community Newspaper is one of the many symbolic emblems that stand for the other half of the American"s identity." http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=3317 Hyphenated Americans Must Look At Their Mirror -- The Community Newspaper -- To Do What Is Right, October 28, 2005.
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