removed

[ri-moovd]

adjective

1. remote; separate; not connected with; distinct from.

   Synonyms: apart, solitary, isolated, abstracted, withdrawn

2. distant by a given number of degrees of descent or kinship.

   A first cousin once removed is the child of one's first cousin or the first cousin of one’s parent.

   The grandchildren of one's first cousin are one's first cousins twice removed.

removed

/ rɪˈmuːvd, rɪˈmuːvɪdnɪs /

adjective

1. separated by distance or abstract distinction

2. (postpositive) separated by a degree of descent or kinship

   the child of a person's first cousin is his first cousin once removed

Other Word Forms

• removedness noun
• removedly adverb
• unremoved adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of removed¹

First recorded in 1540–50; remove + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Though technically classified as a "low grade" skin cancer – a basel cell carcinoma – it had to be surgically removed, leaving the Newcastle mum with a scar just below her eye.

From BBC

After Labour lost control of eight English councils and lost the seat of Hartlepool in a parliamentary by-election in May 2021, the deputy leader was removed from her post as party chairwoman.

From BBC

The Chargers are eight months removed from a hopelessly flat showing in a first-round playoff loss to the Houston Texans.

From Los Angeles Times

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who belongs to Thailand's most powerful political dynasty, was removed by the constitutional court last week for ethical violations over her handling of the border dispute with Cambodia.

From BBC

Biden also had several non-melanoma skin cancers removed in the past, before he became president.

From BBC

Related Words

• aloof 
• away 
• detached 
• distant 
• isolated