segregated

adjective

seg·​re·​gat·​ed ˈse-gri-ˌgā-təd 

1

a

: set apart or separated from others of the same kind or group

a segregated account in a bank

b

: divided in facilities or administered separately for members of different groups or races

segregated education

c

: restricted to members of one group or one race by a policy of segregation

segregated schools

2

: practicing or maintaining segregation especially of races

segregated states

Examples of segregated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

She was buried in an unmarked grave in a segregated cemetery. —Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025

Jimmy Carter grew up in the segregated South during the Depression. —Bill Flanagan, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025

Memoirs of a Rural Boyhood (2002) Carter's memoir details his childhood in a segregated rural Georgia during the Great Depression. —Teresa Xie, NPR, 30 Dec. 2024

But McDonald and the director George C. Wolfe found a way to use her soaring tone to explore how the story might change, when played by a Black performer, in a segregated vaudeville. —Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1652, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

segregated

adjective

1

a

: set apart from others of the same kind or group

b

: divided in facilities or administered separately for members of different groups or races

c

: restricted to one group or race by a policy of segregation

segregated schools

2

: practicing or maintaining segregation especially of races