hyphenated

English

hyphenated

simple past and past participle of hyphenate
People hyphenated the word "typewriter" more often in the past.

hyphenated (comparative more hyphenated, superlative most hyphenated)

Written with a hyphen.
Some dictionaries list hyphenated words as though they contained no punctuation.
Of a person, considered to have more than one nationality or ethnicity (such as French-Canadian, Afro-Argentine, etc.).
- 2005 October 28, Edwin A. Sumcad, “Hyphenated Americans Must Look At Their Mirror -- The Community Newspaper -- To Do What Is Right”, in American Chronicle‎^[1], archived from the original on 25 May 2006:
  [The Community Newspaper] is one of the many symbolic emblems that stand for the other half of the hyphenated American’s identity.

written with a hyphen