Antonyms for appointedap·point·ed

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1. appointive, appointedadjective

   subject to appointment

   Antonyms:
   unfurnished, unassigned, unsettled

   Synonyms:
   prescribed, ordained, appointive, decreed

2. appointedadjective

   selected for a job

   "the one appointed for guard duty"

   Antonyms:
   unassigned, unfurnished, unsettled

   Synonyms:
   prescribed, ordained, appointive, decreed

3. appointed, decreed, ordained, prescribedadjective

   fixed or established especially by order or command

   "at the time appointed (or the appointed time")

   Antonyms:
   unfurnished, unsettled, unassigned

   Synonyms:
   prescribed, ordained, official, appointive, decreed, positive

4. appointedadjective

   provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind)

   "a house that is beautifully appointed"

   Antonyms:
   unfurnished, unsettled, unassigned

   Synonyms:
   prescribed, ordained, appointive, decreed

How to use appointed in a sentence?

1. Tom McCarthy:

   There are still cases in the Church, right ? The new Pope( Francis) just appointed a tribunal with Cardinal( Sean Patrick) O’Malley out of Boston to oversee these cases but then SNAP( a victims' group) and all these different organizations are saying it’s not enough, you’ve appointed an in-house tribunal, we are not going to get justice from that, i still believe in the Catholic Church, I believe in the good they can do but they are an institution that has to sort of take responsibility for the crimes they’ve committed against their parishioners and their constituency and own it - and they are not yet.

2. Carlos Saladrigas:

   If President Miguel Diaz-Canel is given the post of party secretary, it would strengthen his ability to take decisions and it might augur well for more expansive reforms, if, however, someone else is appointed, especially from the ‘old guard’, it would possibly indicate... continuing economic stagnation.

3. Tarek Saqer Juroushi:

   The House of Representatives has appointed General Khalifa Belqasem Haftar as top military commander.

4. Vincent Rouget:

   Control over Gécamines - the key power centre in Congo’s mining sector - has been an aspect of the power struggle between Tshisekedi and Kabila since 2019. And just as Tshisekedi asserts control over parliament, this is another win for him, the restructuring strengthens the influence of Lukonde, the director-general whom Tshisekedi appointed, and isolates Yuma, who loses some of his closest associates.

5. Patrick Gitau:

   It's not a matter of choice, it's our duty to remain here. Since we are appointed as bishops, we have to stay -- not withstanding what happens -- 'til there are no Catholics, it's our duty to stay.

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