Used in a Sentence

sexed

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

Editorial note

The problem is that you're not a visionary if you're selling yesterdays solutions just sexed up a bit.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Having a sex; being male or female.

Meaning at a glance

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

adjective

Having a sex; being male or female.

adjective

Having had its sex determined; having undergone sexing.

adjective

(in combination) Having a quantifiable libido or particular sex drive.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sexed.

adjective

Having a sex; being male or female.

adjective

Having had its sex determined; having undergone sexing.

adjective

(in combination) Having a quantifiable libido or particular sex drive.

Example sentences

1

The problem is that you're not a visionary if you're selling yesterdays solutions just sexed up a bit.

2

It's ok to have super sexed-up comics in the store, but it's really sad that's all they have.

3

This is always the problem with poorly-written, sexed-up headlines, but at least the reporter isn't always writing those himself.

4

However, I think that the atypically-sexed population is important for reasons other than numbers, too.

5

> It's ok to have super sexed-up comics in the store, but it's really sad that's all they have.

6

We are also, you may have noticed, two-sexed.

7

I think an acceptable level of error in approximation in legal and scientific terms would be one where the error is not likely to affect people negatively according to shared values (a shared value might be: people shouldn't get beaten to death or commit suicide--both problems among atypically sexed people).

8

I can't come up with that number exactly, but given that we've seen significant benefits from social programs for atypically sexed people in the last few decades, I think it's pretty clear that we can still provide more benefit.

Quote examples

1

They seem to have sexed up the title a bit; at least it does not contain "Big".

2

"Genetic problems" is compelling in some ways (but probably overblown) but you can have sex without marriage and marriage without sex and have sex without children (especially in the case of same-sex sex, post menopause sex, sex with someone who had their gonads removed, sex with inter-sexed persons...

3

"""I've never been to a comics store where that's all they have""" I've been to plenty of comics stores that only have Marvel and DC, which are the super sexed-up comics being complained about.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use sexed in a sentence?

The problem is that you're not a visionary if you're selling yesterdays solutions just sexed up a bit.

What does sexed mean?

Having a sex; being male or female.

What part of speech is sexed?

sexed is commonly used as adjective.