Definition of "cancelled" in Englisch

verb

1. simple past and past participle of cancel

   • The game was cancelled because of snow on the field.

adjective

1. No longer planned or scheduled.

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

2. (of a mail item) Marked over the stamp, to show that the stamp has been used.

   • Most of the cancelled specimens were somewhat less valuable philatelically.

3. (of a person) 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.