segregated

/ˈsɛɡrɪɡeɪtɪd/
adjective
  1. Set apart or separated from others, especially based on race, gender, or other characteristics.
    • The park had segregated benches for different groups.
    • They sat in segregated sections of the bus during that era.
    • The city had segregated schools until the 1960s.
  2. Kept separate from a larger group or system.
    • The segregated waste is sent to different recycling facilities.
    • In the lab, the segregated samples are stored in separate freezers.
    • The software creates segregated user accounts for privacy.
verb
  1. Past tense of segregate: separated or set apart.
    • The teacher segregated the noisy students from the rest of the class.
    • They segregated the recyclables from the trash.
    • The law segregated public facilities for decades.
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