Meaning & use
Excluded
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Deliberately left out or prevented from participating in something.
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She felt excluded when her coworkers went to lunch without inviting her.
Pre-existing conditions were once excluded from many health insurance plans.
A note on using this word
As an adjective, 'excluded' also describes something formally left outside a category, as in the 'excluded middle' of formal logic.
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
Not included within a scope, category, or boundary.
Weekend deliveries are excluded from the standard shipping rate.
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