imposed
Americanadjective
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laid on by someone, especially an authority, as something to be endured, obeyed, paid, etc..
Offenders receive swiftly imposed but meaningful community service assignments, which the court monitors daily for compliance.
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thrust or forced upon someone else, as one’s tastes, ideas, company, etc..
I pray for my children to grow confidently into who they have been created to be, free from the pressure of imposed reputation and expectation.
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created or established forcibly or artificially rather than developing naturally.
All living systems organize and reorganize themselves into adaptive patterns and structures without any externally imposed plan or direction.
verb
Other Word Forms
- subimposed adjective
- unimposed adjective
- well-imposed adjective
Etymology
Origin of imposed
Example Sentences
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The fast pace of the program’s development worried Western powers who imposed increasingly stringent trade restrictions.
The report added that retaliatory tariffs imposed by Canada on certain goods might have also prompted a shift away from U.S. products—although Prime Minister Mark Carney dropped most of those duties in late August.
They point to past experience of pay deals that break through the ceiling imposed by finance secretaries leading to rapid and sometimes painful revised budgets during the financial year.
From BBC
The building boom has been especially rapid in the southern state of Johor, which has imposed tighter requirements on water and power use for new data centres to stop them straining local resources.
From Barron's
But on Wednesday it imposed the ban with immediate effect, leaving unclear what the lithium mining sector will do in the short term as Zimbabwe currently has no facilities to process lithium concentrates.
From Barron's
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