endangered

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adjective

en·​dan·​gered in-ˈdān-jərd How to pronounce endangered (audio)
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Synonyms of endangerednext
: being or relating to an endangered species
an endangered bird
put on the endangered list

endangered

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past tense and past participle of endanger

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Adjective a daring attempt to rescue the endangered passengers from the burning boat
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The endangered but often solitary cats are native to Southeast Asia, where their populations are declining largely because of habitat loss, the zoo said. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2026 Chunks of concrete were flung into a nesting and migration site important to some endangered species and a fire chewed through around 4 acres of Boca Chica State Park Land south of the Texas launchpad. — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026 There are two different kinds of hammerhead species – scalloped, an endangered species, and the smooth hammerheads, the ones showing up in Southern California. — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 24 Aug. 2026 The fire burned near an area where biologists have raised and released endangered condors for the past 20 years. — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for endangered

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First Known Use

Adjective

1964, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of endangered was in 1964

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endangered

adjective
en·​dan·​gered
: threatened with extinction
an endangered species
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