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blue-penciled

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "blue-penciled" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

2 syllables

13 characters

English (US)

Fig. 1 — . The composing stick. “blue-penciled” is set in lead; each gap is a place it may break.

2syllables

blue-penciled

Hyphenation via the Knuth-Liang algorithm — result not verified against authoritative sources.

blue-penciled is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, blue-penciled is hyphenated as:

Definitions ofblue-penciled

1verb

To edit, especially to censor, written documents.
To use a line-item veto.

Nearby Words

17 words

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After

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