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weeded

ADJECTIVE
select
Synonyms
STRONGEST
eclectic exclusive preferred privileged selected selective
STRONG
best boss chosen cool cream culled discriminating elect favored limited pick picked prime screened top tops winnowed
WEAK
blue-chip choice delicate elegant exquisite first-class first-rate handpicked number one posh rare recherché special superior topnotch winner world-class
Antonyms
STRONGEST
open
STRONG
least unpopular
WEAK
inferior poor second-rate

Example Sentences

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The new scheme "weeded out" those paid-for actions that were not delivering enough for the environment or food production and that it would "support food production not undermine it", she added.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Anyone deemed untrainable or seen as dragging their feet risks being weeded out of hiring processes, marked down in performance reviews or laid off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025

The long biotech winter cleaned up the sector: Many biotech companies that went public too early during the COVID-inspired biotech frenzy got weeded out by the sector’s subsequent weakness, Renna says.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 3, 2025

It seems as though all of these people ultimately had second thoughts and decided against taking part, or were weeded out by voir dire.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2024

I felt achy as I weeded my fields and carried water to the garden and fed the chickens, and mucked out Plug’s stall.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson