Meaning

Preserved in cans..

Definitions by Sense

1. Preserved in cans.
2. (by extension) Previously prepared; not fresh or new; standardized, mass-produced, or lacking originality or customization.
3. (slang) Drunk.
4. Terminated, fired from a job.
5. Cancelled or thrown away, said of a project or news article.
6. simple past and past participle of can

Example Sentences

canned tomatoes

If you don't have fresh cardoon I'll take canned.

canned laughter

The form letter included a canned answer stating that what I asked was against policy.

And the punch-lines seem to disappear like clouds across the sky / And the laughter could be real or could be canned

Unfortunately, some of the canned code, which Visual C++ gives to you when creating an application, is not CE aware and gives you compile errors.

The vested owners of all those sun-drenched tract houses may stick around for a while and fight over the region, perhaps thinking that they are reenacting the great historical dramas of the nineteenth century—such is the long-term effect of canned entertainment on the collective imagi­nation.

Throughout the evening, Mr. Christie’s admonition about canned lines and rehearsed speeches hovered and seemed to recalibrate how the crowd — and television viewers — processed what Mr. Rubio said (and resaid, over and over).

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When Should You Use Canned?

Use canned when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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