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blue-pencilled

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

2 syllables

14 characters

English (US)

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

2syllables

blue-pencilled

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

blue-pencilled 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-pencilled is hyphenated as:

Definitions ofblue-pencilled

1verb

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

Nearby Words

17 words

Before

blue-molding blue-mottled blue-mouthed blue-nose blue-nosed blue-pencil blue-penciled blue-penciling

blue-pencilled(current)

After

blue-pencilling blue-rayed blue-red blue-ribbon blue-ribboner blue-ribbonism blue-ribbonist blue-roan

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