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hunted

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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hunted (comparative more hunted, superlative most hunted)

  1. Being the subject of a hunt.
    • 2007, Dustin J. Penn, Iver Mysterud, Evolutionary perspectives on environmental problems:
      While there is no difference between encounter rates in the two unhunted sites, the macaques are significantly less common in the hunted areas []
  2. (figuratively) Nervous and agitated, as if pursued.
    He looked up with a hunted expression.

Verb

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hunted

  1. simple past and past participle of hunt