Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having the caffeine removed.
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- adjective From which
caffeine has been removed (e.g. decaffeinated coffee).
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Examples
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While all decaf will have some caffeine, there are no laws that dictate how much caffeine is allowed in decaffeinated coffee.
How Much Caffeine Is In Your Decaffeinated Coffee? - The Consumerist 2008
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Is it the caffeine that's really bad for me, or are there other things that are left in decaffeinated coffee that are going to do me harm?
LJ on WAP? drewan 2005
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Globish was his name for the kind of English they were using: a "decaffeinated" version without complexity or cultural baggage.
Globish: How the English Language Became the World's Language by Robert McCrum Deborah Cameron 2010
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Except, she discovered, that it wasn’t something called decaffeinated, so they drank very little.
Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough 2010
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In many ways, the same dynamic happens in our worship, leading to what we might call decaffeinated worship, worship without worship. at Northern) writes about the problem of decaffeinated belief in his thesis proposal.
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And for one shining moment in American politics, one and all gladly checked their partisan passions at the door, in deference to this decaffeinated altar of reasoned reflection.
Jeffrey Abelson: The UnConvention Jeffrey Abelson 2010
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Lunch had been cleared, decaffeinated coffee, hot water, tea bags, and trays of cookies placed on the tables.
Chameleon Andrew Clarke 2011
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Even men who drank less coffee — one to three cups a day — had a 30% lower risk of developing lethal prostate cancer, and reductions in risk were observed whether the men drank caffeinated or decaffeinated coffee, Wilson's group added.
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One thing I found interesting is that decaffeinated coffee offers virtually the same protective benefits as regular coffee.
Priya Malhotra: Does Coffee Reduce Cancer Risk? Priya Malhotra 2011
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One thing I found interesting is that decaffeinated coffee offers virtually the same protective benefits as regular coffee.
Priya Malhotra: Does Coffee Reduce Cancer Risk? Priya Malhotra 2011
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