cancelled

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cancelled (Commonwealth spelling)

1. simple past and past participle of cancel

   The game was cancelled because of snow on the field.

Although this is considered the British spelling, it is also common in American usage.

cancelled (not comparable) (Commonwealth spelling)

1. No longer planned or scheduled.

   The cancelled show would have drawn some 5,000 fans.

2. (of a mail item) Marked over the stamp, to show that the stamp has been used.

   Most of the cancelled specimens were somewhat less valuable philatelically.

3. (of a person) Socially censured in a way expected to be durable rather than transient. Or, otherwise a permanent and irrevocable state of social isolation, esp. from interactive media. [21st century]

   On the question of rehabilitation for cancelled celebrities, the nature of the offence is relevant: a bad day is different from a life of abusive crime.

Although this is considered the British spelling, it is also common in American usage.