forfeited

verb

Definition of forfeitednext
past tense of forfeit
1
as in waived

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2
as in lost

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Recent Examples of forfeited Boise State forfeited in the semifinal round, marking the Broncos' third forfeit to the Spartans that season. — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 8 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forfeited
  1. waived
  2. lost
  3. entrusted
Verb
  • Two conversations later, the $50,000 sampling fee was waived.
    — Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • In its push, the secretary of Homeland Security has waived numerous regulations designed to protect the environment, wildlife, archaeological and Native American sites.
    — Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of waived
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  • Conductor Nathalie Stutzmann made a convincing case for an unwieldy composition whose autographed score was given by Wagner's daughter-in-law, Winifried, to Hitler and lost in the destruction that ended World War II.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The date stood out to Browning, who’d lost thousands in anticipated shillings when 584 steerage and 253 second-class passengers chose drowning in a Canadian river over registering at one of his boarding houses near the port of Liverpool.
    — Claire Carusillo, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of lost
Verb
  • As congestion grows, so has the challenge – entrusted to Space Force Guardians – of identifying and tracking any object larger than a basketball.
    — Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 30 July 2026
  • It was enabled by those most entrusted to prevent it, acting in the belief that the cause required continuity.
    — Michael Sonnenfeldt, Fortune, 19 July 2026
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