censored

1 of 2

adjective

cen·​sored ˈsen(t)-sərd 

: suppressed, altered, or deleted as objectionable : subjected to censorship

… the annual announcement of the list of censored stories is a genuine media event …

—William Powers

… during the nineteenth century intellectuals would meet to read a variety of foreign newspapers, searching for information withheld from the heavily censored press.

—Michael Balter

censored

2 of 2

past tense and past participle of censor entry 2

Examples of censored in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

And additional props to SNL’s YouTube channel, for releasing the (censored) live version of the sketch instead of the dress rehearsal. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2026

Then sponsored by another Danish MEP, Kira Marie Peter-Hansenm, the display took aim at Hong Kong and mainland China, where references to the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre are heavily censored. — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026

Upon its publication in 1951, Catcher quickly became one of the most censored books in America. — Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026

The tennis star later apologized in the comments of a censored Instagram post on the HSBC Championships account — which appears to have since been taken down. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1821, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for censored

• uncensored