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sought-after
[ sawt-af-ter, -ahf- ]
adjective
- that is in demand; desirable:
a sought-after speaker.
sought-after
adjective
- in demand; wanted
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of sought-after1
Idioms and Phrases
Also, much sought after . Very popular, in demand, as in He was much sought after as a throat specialist, particularly by singers . This expression uses the past participle of seek in the sense of “desired†or “searched for.†[Late 1800s]Example Sentences
He was a sought-after performer because of his ability to tap into a character, going deep into their idiosyncrasies to flesh them out far beyond the pages of a script.
While Charterhouse UK typically has a long waiting list and should not be affected, less sought-after boarding schools may experience a decline in enrolment owing to the new competition in Nigeria.
Many of the most sought-after weapons in Ukraine's armoury have come from the US, like Patriot air defence and long-range artillery systems like Himars.
She says the sought-after polymetallic nodules are themselves home to some creatures, which use them as a substrate.
Streamed online, played in front of hundreds of spectators, it is now perhaps the most sought-after date in the schoolboy rugby calendar.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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