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deflected

[dih-flek-tid]

adjective

Biology.
  1. curved or bent downward.

  2. deflexed.



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Other 51Թ Forms

  • nondeflected adjective
  • undeflected adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of deflected1

First recorded in 1820–30; deflect + -ed 2
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When asked about the accusations of racial profiling, the White House deflected.

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Slicker was not the only culprit as Lewis Ferguson deflected the ball past him after the Scotland defence made a mess of clearing a corner to hand Iceland a 2-1 lead after John Souttar's equaliser.

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"He wanted to show that we were all resilient and he wasn't going to be deflected from his public sector service because of what had happened."

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When a journalist asked what would happen if white farmers left South Africa, Ramaphosa deflected the question to his white agriculture minister, John Steenhuisen, who said that most farmers wanted to stay.

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In the eighth, he tacked on another base hit when a ground ball to first was deflected.

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