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Definition of "endangered" []

  • In danger, at risk, said of something where there is a strong possibility something bad will happen to it (for example, a species in danger of going extinct) (adjective)
  • Simple past tense and past participle of endanger. (verb)

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Use "endangered" in a sentence
  • "Unless your governments 'interests are in endangered why would they care about 100,000 residents of Kabul slaughtered by your governments' trained dogs during the civil war, or tens of thousands of Hazaras massacred by the Taliban."
  • "On the basis of that survey, the dolphin was classified as endangered by a predecessor to the Red List in 1986."
  • "Claiming that deer and rabbits are endangered is just IGNORANT and plain DUMB!"