Meaning & use
Adjudged
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Decided or pronounced formally, especially by a court or judge, after careful consideration.
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The defendant was adjudged guilty on two of the four charges.
The property was adjudged to be worth far less than the owner claimed.
A note on using this word
Adjudged is the past tense of adjudge, a formal verb largely confined to legal and judicial contexts.
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