defaulted

Definition of defaultednext
past tense of default

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for defaulted
Verb
  • Injuries over the past year may have left him unavailable for selection, but there were times last season when his claims were ignored and others like Newcastle United’s Dan Burn and Liverpool’s Jarell Quansah (now at Bayer Leverkusen) were selected.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
  • For months, Bill Clinton, 79, and Hillary Clinton, 78, largely ignored the matter in public but that became harder to sustain in December when the former president was featured prominently in the first batch of Epstein files.
    STEVEN SLOAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 26 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • During closing statements last month, prosecutors argued that the four people disregarded safety precautions, with former employees testifying that the facility failed to use ground straps.
    DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Then, as Musk has been prone to do, the former presidential adviser disregarded much of his previous explanation and said that building a civilization on Mars was still an option, just that building on the Moon is SpaceX’s current priority.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • While the applications required him to list all liabilities and debts, prosecutors said Goldstein omitted millions in liabilities, including more than $14 million owed on two promissory notes and taxes owed to the Internal Revenue Service.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Fennell's film chronicles only the first half of the novel, with several characters omitted and plot points changed along the way.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • In the aftermath of that storm, Wu’s public works department failed to get rid of the snow fast enough to unclog side streets and sidewalks, leaving pedestrians and motorists navigating a dangerous situation in Boston for days.
    Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The poll’s release comes just days after the California Democratic Party held its annual state convention in San Francisco last weekend where the party failed to unite behind a single candidate.
    Grace Hase, Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Defaulted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defaulted. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.

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