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  • verb Form of grayed out used when attached to a noun rather than as a predicate.

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Examples

  • But when I broke the connection, the apps became grayed-out and the data they held disappeared.

    PlayBook: A Tablet With a Case Of Codependency Walter S. Mossberg 2011

  • It's not an argument the curators make, but I believe this exhibition -- sure to go down as one of the greatest of our era -- shows that this is where Matisse went to get his blacks and whites, his grayed-out colors, his reversals and revealed seams.

    MoMA show is the Matisse we don't know -- blacks, whites and the grays in between 2010

  • “Look in the box,” Hannah said gently, leaning over to point at a grayed-out square of print on the side of the page.

    imperfect endings Zoe FitzGerald Carter 2010

  • Mary, lately when I click on your LJ sometimes I get a grayed-out screen and something about "when this ad finishes".

    theme and world-building marycatelli 2010

  • It made us not just more visible to TV viewers but look like some golden couple among grayed-out dullards.

    As Husbands Go Susan Isaacs 2010

  • “Look in the box,” Hannah said gently, leaning over to point at a grayed-out square of print on the side of the page.

    imperfect endings Zoe FitzGerald Carter 2010

  • It made us not just more visible to TV viewers but look like some golden couple among grayed-out dullards.

    As Husbands Go Susan Isaacs 2010

  •  I especially like the grayed-out letters and predictive results making entering a destination very smooth and fast.

    Personal Picks – Best GPS for the holidays 2009

  • I especially like the grayed-out letters and predictive results making entering a destination very smooth and fast.

    Personal Picks – Best GPS for the holidays 2009

  • Without really intending to, I have for the past several years drifted toward a sort of grayed-out middle ground, somewhere between heavy sci-fi and massive fantasy tomes.

    It's Not the Science in Science Fiction That Matters 2007

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