hyphenated

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of hyphenate

   People hyphenated the word "typewriter" more often in the past.

comparative more hyphenated · superlative most hyphenated

1. Written with a hyphen.

   Some dictionaries list hyphenated words as though they contained no punctuation.

2. Of a person, considered to have more than one nationality or ethnicity (such as French-Canadian, Afro-Argentine, etc.).

   [The Community Newspaper] is one of the many symbolic emblems that stand for the other half of the hyphenated American’s identity.

   2005 October 28, Edwin A. Sumcad, “Hyphenated Americans Must Look At Their Mirror -- The Community Newspaper -- To Do What Is Right”, in American Chronicle, archived from the original on 25 May 2006