hyphenated

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hyphenated

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participle, past simple past and past participle of hyphenate People hyphenated the word "typewriter" more often in the past.

adjective more hyphenated · most hyphenated

Written with a hyphen. Some dictionaries list hyphenated words as though they contained no punctuation.
Of a person, considered to have more than one nationality or ethnicity (such as French-Canadian, Afro-Argentine, etc.). [The Community Newspaper] is one of the many symbolic emblems that stand for the other half of the hyphenated American’s identity.

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adj written with a hyphen

Português	hifenizado, hifenado
Ελληνικά	συλλαβισμένος syllavisménos

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@misc{hyphenated_2026,
  title = {hyphenated},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hyphenated},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}