defaultedadj.
/dᵻˈfɔːltᵻd/, U.S. /dəˈfɔltəd/, /diˈfɔltəd/, /dəˈfɑltəd/, /diˈfɑltəd/ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [adjective] > in specific way: defective or faulty
defaultyc1390
defectivea1398
defaultive1398
imperfectc1400
faultive1496
defectuous1550
defectious?1566
defaulted1580
defectual1582
defected1589
defectible1612
vicious1638
unfixed1643
hip-shotten1648
defectuose1677
flawy1712
off-colour1876
flawful1881
faultsome1891
trick1961
rogue1962
1580 E. Knight Triall of Truth f. 63 The olde defaulted buildyng beyng rydde out of the way.
c1650 (c1400) Julian of Norwich Revelations Divine Love: Longer Version (Paris) (1978) 527 Hys clothyng was a whyt kyrtyll, syngell, olde and alle defautyd, dyed with swete of his body.
2. Law (chiefly U.S.). Designating a case, action, or party against which judgment has been given by reason of default (default n. 2a). Cf. default v. 3b.
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1795 S. Freeman Mass. Justice ii. 115 A defaulted action.
1799 A. J. Dallas Rep. Cases U.S. & Pennsylvania 3 354 The judges assign a day after every term, to assess damages in defaulted cases.
1846 Polynesian (Honolulu) 4 July 1/3 Upon all references on default of pleading, and upon all jury inquests after default, the defaulted party shall be notified and may appear.
1923 N.Y. Times 18 Dec. 15/1 Harris..did not appear yesterday when his suit for an annulment of this marriage..was called for trial. Justice Tierney directed that the case be tried as a defaulted action.
1952 R. W. Millar Civil Procedure Trial Court in Hist. Perspective xxii. 408 In certain of the Continental systems.., a judgment by default may be set aside as a matter of course... In the Anglo-American systems the defaulted defendant is not treated with the same degree of indulgence.
2004 Washington Post (Nexis) 28 Nov. b6 One place to start would be with lawyers who have blown more than one appeal; in two-thirds of the cases we identified, counsel of record was also counsel in at least one other defaulted case as well.
3. Not fully paid or repaid; that has been defaulted on.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [adjective] > owed
duea1325
debta1340
dettya1387
payable1394
owing1411
debteda1425
oughting1500
outstand1729
outstanding1797
defaulted1857
called1882
1857 N.Y. Herald 12 July 5/5 About $90,000 of these defaulted bonds are scattered about this city.
1897 Westm. Gaz. 26 May 5/1 Nearly all the bonds issued of late by the Greek Government in respect of defaulted interest having found their way to London.
1938 N. L. North Real Estate Selling xvii. 257 The result was no sales, defaulted contracts.
2004 BusinessWeek 14 June 53/3 Argentina has finally thrown a bone to angry investors sitting on $100 billion in defaulted bonds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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