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adjective

ˈjē-ˈrā-təd How to pronounce G-rated (audio)
Definition of G-ratednext
as in pure
free from any trace of the coarse or indecent the comic's G-rated routine is something that the whole family can enjoy

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grated

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verb

past tense of grate
1
as in annoyed
to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts unintentionally or not, you say rude things that grate people

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2
as in scratched
to pass roughly and noisily over or against a surface the sled grated along the bare pavement

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3
as in gritted
to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound he grated the pieces of metal together

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for G-rated
  1. pure
  2. annoyed
  3. scratched
  4. chaste
  5. scraped
  6. modest
  7. bothered
  8. ground
Adjective
  • Fly Anakin: But this is the most pure version of Mutant Academy.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Bill Skarsgård's Count Orlok is pure sinister nightmare fuel.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of pure
Verb
  • Initially annoyed by his bubbly personality, Jovie eventually warms up to Buddy, and the pair fall in love.
    Skyler Caruso, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
  • They are annoyed by the limitations and complications of finding recharging stations.
    Greg Petro, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of annoyed
Verb
  • While the Pistons already had listed starting small forward Tobias Harris out with a sprained right thumb, Jaden Ivey, who had been listed as the starting shooting guard, was scratched just prior to tipoff with knee pain.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 17 Dec. 2024
  • This kid came up through covid, has had 3 head coaches already, and has been healthy scratched by them all, including in the playoffs.
    Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of scratched
Adjective
  • The film is a lot less magical: Mother hosts a rather chaste art show at a local gallery featuring paintings and sculptures of women and dogs.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Gender policing is now a blood sport online, where women who seem to defy traditional expectations of staying hot, quiet, chaste, and weak are humiliated and attacked en masse.
    Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Definition of chaste
Verb
  • Some artists and publishers are unhappy with the way their content is being scraped freely by companies like OpenAI and Google to train their large language models — AI models trained on huge quantities of data to generate humanlike responses.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Small infestations can be scraped off by hand or removed through pruning at any time.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of scraped
Adjective
  • The elder Stack had started the business as a teen in 1948 as a modest bait-and-tackle supplier in Binghamton, New York.
    Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Edmunds expects only a modest increase in auto sales next year, from just under 16 million vehicles this year to 16.2 million in 2025.
    Cora Lewis, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of modest
Verb
  • The technology behind an LLM is sufficiently advanced because the people using it have not bothered to understand it.
    Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In fact, if you can’t be bothered even to reach for the remote to select this new button, the latest firmware update will also automatically start playing the next episode after a countdown.
    John Archer, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of bothered
Verb
  • Even with the absurdity multiverse stories can lead to, there still needs to be something to ground it, even in a video game.
    Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Joe Raedle | Getty Images American Airlines briefly grounded its U.S. flights Tuesday morning due to a technical problem, snarling travel during what carriers expect to be a period of record demand for the holidays.
    Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of ground
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