classified

adjective/ˈklæsɪfaɪd/

Frequency rank: #2,951 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

officially declared secret and restricted from public access.

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Example sentence

The government kept the details of the mission classified for decades.

Synonyms & related words

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