Used in a Sentence

challenged

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for challenged.

Editorial note

Others are free to build their alternative after all but they didn't, so all the value from the idea is yours until challenged.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

(euphemistic) Disabled; lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill; used after adverbs to make politically correct adjectives.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of challenged gathered in one view.

adjective

(euphemistic) Disabled; lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill; used after adverbs to make politically correct adjectives.

adjective

(humorous) Used following adverbs to make adjectives in imitation of and mocking adjectives of this kind.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for challenged.

adjective

(euphemistic) Disabled; lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill; used after adverbs to make politically correct adjectives.

adjective

(humorous) Used following adverbs to make adjectives in imitation of and mocking adjectives of this kind.

Example sentences

1

Others are free to build their alternative after all but they didn't, so all the value from the idea is yours until challenged.

2

Consider seeking that expertise out, even if you feel you are not necessarily being challenged at the technology level.

3

About the same mistake that Khodorkovsky did when he challenged Putin for the position of the top-thief-in-command.

4

A learning challenged person who was not streetwise would probably stay away from the streets.

5

Old fashioned C code uses globally unique names for fields, though presumably more due to feature-challenged early compilers than any philosophy.

6

When the interviewer challenged him on that, his retort was that his model was correct.

7

Its sad how the political class resorts to disingenuous lies whenever they feel challenged.

8

Either I get challenged and attacked on what I say, or I'm talked down to like a child.

9

After a day of work, I don't want to continually be challenged and exert mental effort.

10

It would appear that the difficulty is the only vaguely objective comment in the essay, and one could argue that most gamers don't want/never wanted to be challenged the way Link II was challenging.

11

The future of the internet is not wikipedia, it's augmenting our own biases enough that our egos aren't catastrophically challenged every day while feeding ourselves just the right of to-each-of-us contrarian opinions to grow.

12

They are being challenged for an aggressive accounting trick, but there are a lot more things contributing to their success than one accounting trick.

Quote examples

1

Because that surveillance is exactly what got "severe consequences" as in being challenged.

2

YC operates like a startup would: they have a bold hypothesis, something that must be challenged ("most science is a slog").

3

Spaulding challenged Geisel to 'bring back a book children can't put down.' Nine months later, Geisel, using 236 of the words given to him, completed The Cat in the Hat." -- Wikipedia Dr.

4

But it is not them it is the way the system is setup.(Well it is them to, and they are legitimately scared) Just as if Snowden had challenged it (i cite)"Challenge it, speak out, engage in a constructive act of protest" he would just have got fired and ignored(or worse), the people in the government is generally in the same seat.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use challenged in a sentence?

Others are free to build their alternative after all but they didn't, so all the value from the idea is yours until challenged.

What does challenged mean?

(euphemistic) Disabled; lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill; used after adverbs to make politically correct adjectives.

What part of speech is challenged?

challenged is commonly used as adjective.