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redlined

redlined adjective: marked with a red line to denote that it is unfit or unsafe for flight. Also the simple past and past participle of redline.

Adjective

redlined (not comparable)

  1. Marked with a red line to denote that it is unfit or unsafe for flight.
    • [Female pilots] were forbidden to ferry aircraft overseas and, in the Civilian Air Patrol, on coastal patrols in the name of protecting our women, but were allowed to fly red lined aircraft that the men wouldn't fly.1979 April 28, Mary A. Lowry, “Those Wonderful Women in Their Flying Machines (review)”, in Gay Community News, page 10

Also used as

redlined is also the simple past and past participle of redline.

Questions about redlined

What does redlined mean?
Redlined means marked with a red line to denote that it is unfit or unsafe for flight.
What part of speech is redlined?
Redlined is an adjective.

Words near redlined in the dictionary

  1. redlighted
  2. redlighting
  3. redlights
  4. Redlin
  5. redline
  6. redlined
  7. redliner
  8. redliners
  9. redlines
  10. Redlinger
  11. Redlingers

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