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country-damaged

country-damaged adjective: of imported goods: having suffered damage in the country of origin.

Adjective

country-damaged (not comparable)

  1. Of imported goods: having suffered damage in the country of origin.
    • On arrival in Liverpool the cotton was found to be "country damaged", but it could not be ascertained at what point the damage had occurred, only that the goods had not been placed in a warehouse prior to shipment but left on the quay […]1988, J. Kenneth Goodacre, Goodbye to the Memorandum

Questions about country-damaged

What does country-damaged mean?
Country-damaged means of imported goods: having suffered damage in the country of origin.
What part of speech is country-damaged?
Country-damaged is an adjective.

Words near country-damaged in the dictionary

  1. country wine
  2. country wines
  3. country wives
  4. country-and-western
  5. country-blues
  6. country-damaged
  7. country-dance
  8. country-dances
  9. country-fried
  10. country-fried steak
  11. country-fried steaks

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