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uniformed

uniformed

60 2.3
Wearing special clothes for work or official duty
  • adjective
  • /ˈjunɪfɔrmd/
translation icon : uniformado
  • Minutes later, two stout uniformed police officers came into the zero one suite, out of breath.
  • uniformed officers
  • uniformed police
  • uniformed soldiers

So NYPD basically said uniformed cops stay away from street drug arrests.

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Examples

  • Everyone else seemed to be going there too, and then uniformed guards directed us to stand at a barrier.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Did the suspect say he saw three uniformed officers at 6th street earlier in the day?

  • Get a uniformed man on the fire escape.

  • The Public Health Service is one of the uniformed services of the U.S.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The program was taught by a uniformed police officer for nine weeks.

    Academic text (2003)
  • A special exception to the use requirement was added for members of the uniformed services.

    Academic text (2004)
  • There are two plainclothes officers in a car and several more uniformed officers on the premises.

  • During these visits, the team had discussions with inmates and uniformed officers and collected data for the project.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I went out into the hallway where several uniformed men were leaning against the wall, chatting.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The event was secured by several uniformed officers who monitored the crowd.

Synonyms

liveried
vsuniformed
1 8.8

Wearing a special uniform to show they work for a person or place

is used for official duties across public or professional roles

Antonyms

81 1.3

Suitable for everyday wear rather than formal occasions

unclothed
  • NSFW
4 3.7

Not wearing any clothes

How Visible

uniformed
60 2.3

Surface Forms

uniformed positive

Morphology

uniformed = uniform (transparent) = uniform + ed

The adjective is formed from 'uniform' plus the adjectival/past-participle suffix '-ed', meaning 'wearing or having a uniform', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word uniformed comes from uniform, which is made of uni- 'one' and form 'shape'. So a uniformed person is wearing the 'one-shape' clothes of their group, like soldiers or guards, showing they belong to that role.