Expurgated, especially in a comprehensive way (such as systematically throughout an entire work).
Used in a Sentence
bowdlerized
Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for bowdlerized.
Editorial note
Dictionaries (apart from weirdly bowdlerized ones) contain naughty words, and words that describe Very Nasty Things.
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Definitions1
Parts of speech1
Quick take
Expurgated, especially in a comprehensive way (such as systematically throughout an entire work).
Meaning at a glance
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for bowdlerized.
adjective
Expurgated, especially in a comprehensive way (such as systematically throughout an entire work).
Example sentences
Dictionaries (apart from weirdly bowdlerized ones) contain naughty words, and words that describe Very Nasty Things.
Probably more accurate to state that when it was carried on cable media they broadcast a bowdlerized version.
When Mozilla went open source back in the 1990s, Netscape's lawyers required the source first be bowdlerized.
In the regions it was available many products were also only partially available or heavily bowdlerized.
One reason why authors should self-publish is to prevent their books from being bowdlerized by the publisher in the future.
Worth pointing out that no one who doesn't work at a frontier lab has ever seen a completely un-nerfed, un-bowdlerized AI model.
But we know that ChatGPT 5 is better than anything un-nerfed, un-bowdlerized from 2 years ago.
If you can find the old editions from before they were bowdlerized...
In English, there is at least one Bowdlerized translation, which ruins it.
You as a viewer don't have any way to perceive the scale, the mass of what is being blocked and diverted and modified and bowdlerized.
Fear not, it has been Bowdlerized for your convenience.
A few months ago the Debian developer decided to offer a bowdlerized version of KeepPassX and was then excessively abrasive and rude about it when people complained.
Quote examples
What we refer to as "tomato ketchup" has been bowdlerized and degraded by being made shelf stable.
I suspect the title has been Bowdlerized, omitting the relevant "<blink>" from it.
So someone called it "the goddamn particle", media bowdlerized it to "the God particle", and suddenly its probable existence proves God?
His core complaint is, paraphrased, "WP-Engine offers WordPress hosting, but all they offer is a bowdlerized version of it, which reflects badly on all of WordPress.
Proper noun examples
Bowdlerized results are less useful/interesting to me.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use bowdlerized in a sentence?
Dictionaries (apart from weirdly bowdlerized ones) contain naughty words, and words that describe Very Nasty Things.
What does bowdlerized mean?
Expurgated, especially in a comprehensive way (such as systematically throughout an entire work).
What part of speech is bowdlerized?
bowdlerized is commonly used as adjective.