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significantly othered

significantly othered adjective: having a significant other.

Adjective

significantly othered (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Having a significant other.
    • So, friends and neightbors, what activities were you engaged in when you found yourself suddenly significantly othered?1983 November 29, Dan Neiman, “What Is Single (and how do I deal with it)”, in net.singles (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Dec 2025
    • I make it perfectly clear to people that ask me out that I'm significantly othered right now "but if you'd just like to go as friends, that's great with me -- I can always use another friend!".1993 March 8, Christopher Hudel, “Available, or not??”, in soc.singles (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Dec 2025

Synonyms of significantly othered

Origin of significantly othered

After significant other, with -ed.

Questions about significantly othered

What does significantly othered mean?
Significantly othered means having a significant other.
What part of speech is significantly othered?
Significantly othered is an adjective.

Words near significantly othered in the dictionary

  1. significant others
  2. significant wave height
  3. significant wave heights
  4. significant-othered
  5. significantly
  6. significantly othered
  7. significantness
  8. significants
  9. significate
  10. significates
  11. signification

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