Meaning

3 senses
  1. (not comparable)No longer planned or scheduled.

    The cancelled show would have drawn some 5,000 fans.

    abgebrochen, abgesagt, abbestellt

    (of events) no longer planned or scheduled

  2. (not comparable)Marked over the stamp, to show that the stamp has been used.

    Most of the cancelled specimens were somewhat less valuable philatelically.

  3. (not comparable)Socially censured in a way expected to be durable rather than transient. Or, otherwise a permanent and irrevocable state of social isolation, esp. from interactive media.

    On the question of rehabilitation for cancelled celebrities, the nature of the offence is relevant: a bad day is different from a life of abusive crime.

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No longer planned or scheduled:

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (of events) no longer planned or scheduled:off

Word family

1 related words

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