Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

expurgated

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: ex-pur-gat-ed
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of expurgate

adj

Having had erroneous, obscene, or other objectionable material removed.

Example Sentences

"In a subsequent expurgated retelling, his complaint that the customer had been a f*cking pain in the ass was reported as "a pain in the rear"."

Derived Forms

unexpurgated

Frequently Paired Words

minced

Questions

What does expurgated mean?: simple past and past participle of expurgate

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