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counted against

counted against is the simple past and past participle of count against.

Meaning of count against

Verb

count against (third-person singular simple present counts against, present participle counting against, simple past and past participle counted against)

  1. (transitive, usually) To be a black mark on (someone); to be able to harm (someone's) reputation; to be able to cause (someone) to be rejected.
    Antonyms:
    count towards

Questions about counted against

What is counted against the simple past and past participle of?
Counted against is the simple past and past participle of count against.

Words near counted against in the dictionary

  1. countdowned
  2. countdowning
  3. countdowns
  4. counte
  5. counted
  6. counted against
  7. counted angels on pinheads
  8. counted calories
  9. counted cards
  10. counted chickens
  11. counted coup

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Adapted from Wiktionary: counted against (page history and authors); count against (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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