HOW TO PRONOUNCE
penalized
/ˈpinəˌlaɪzd/
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What does penalized mean?
adjective
- Alternative spelling of penalised
verb
- simple past and past participle of penalize
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈpinəˌlaɪzd/
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In going through this book of--games the reader will find that the players for various reasons are penalized or required to pay a forfeit.
Every sort of demand is made upon the master of a sailing-yacht, and to be penalized in proportion to your success may be of advantage to the sport itself, but it has an obviously deteriorating effect upon the seamanship.
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Our schools are tending in the other direction; the curriculum has become so extensive that superficiality is encouraged, the thorough are penalized, and "to get away with it" is the motto of most children as a result.
Nevertheless, in Miss Agnes de Lima's report of conditions in Passaic, New Jersey, we find the same tale of penalized, prostrate motherhood, bearing the crushing burden of economic injustice and cruelty; the same blind but overpowering instincts of love and hunger driving young women into the factories to work, night in and night out, to support their procession of uncared for and undernourished babies.