Used in a Sentence

indented

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

Editorial note

You indented, which means there is no formatting at all.

Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; dented on the surface; jagged; notched; stamped in.

Meaning at a glance

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

adjective

Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; dented on the surface; jagged; notched; stamped in.

adjective

Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured.

adjective

Having an irregular, uneven; sinuous; undulating.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for indented.

Example sentences

1

You indented, which means there is no formatting at all.

2

It's going to be hard to get used to having the function body 'less' indented than `def`.

3

QA is important, but determining how many spaces a line of code is indented is not QA.

4

If this is the indented use case what purpose the coffee shop have to add one?

5

Of course outliners are better tools for making indented lists and trees than are word processors.

6

An indented list of keywords was a natural way to do this while reading.

7

I should not be able to watch things being indented and layouts being modified as the page loads.

8

I have no issue with Python's indentation (apart from the fact that reindenting badly indented Python is not fun).

9

Reflow on pages with indented text, as HN, is a borderline mess.

10

By adding just a line or two, indented, I can quickly recover where I was.

11

I hate it when code is all over the place, different files indented in different ways, no consistency on bracket placement, etc.

12

My IDE largely remembers how far in I should be indented and if I use a brace it closes it for me.

Quote examples

1

It works pretty well, but as others have said, apart from indented (or monospaced "code") text.

2

Fix an annoyance in the language syntax that meant that (e.g.) an if/then/else construct inside a "do" needed to be indented in a weird way.

3

Mine gives me a "continuation line over-indented for visual indent" here.

4

The way the "[deleted]" was indented at the same level flush with the message it was a reply to made me think that it was about the message at the same indentation, not about a sub-message that had been deleted.

Proper noun examples

1

Indented blocks don't go on forever before the eye must seek back to the beginning.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use indented in a sentence?

You indented, which means there is no formatting at all.

What does indented mean?

Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; dented on the surface; jagged; notched; stamped in.

What part of speech is indented?

indented is commonly used as adjective.