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spoilt

UK/spɔɪlt/US/spɔɪlt/
adjectiveB1+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,567 of 15,258leans spoken

Spoilt means ruined, or given so much that the character suffers. A spoilt child, spoilt for choice, the food was spoilt.

Britain uses spoilt and America spoiled, and both are correct for the same word. Spoilt for choice is a fixed phrase and means having so many options that choosing is hard, which is a complaint nobody takes seriously.

Definitions of spoilt

  1. 1adjectivespoiltRuined, or given so much that the character suffers.B1+

    “The spoilt child screamed until his parents bought him another toy.”

spoilt is a state.

Also accepted in games: spoiled

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spoilt in the wild

  • The total number of spoilt votes in a United States election has been called the residual vote.

    Spoilt vote

  • In some jurisdictions, spoilt votes are counted and reported.

    Spoilt vote

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

  • unspoilt