adjective
- separated or set apart from others, especially by race, gender, or other characteristics
- kept apart or separate from the main group or area
Usage: often used in historical contexts
Examples
- The school was racially segregated until the 1960s.
- Patients with infectious diseases were kept in segregated wards.
- The company maintained segregated facilities for different departments.
- Waste materials are stored in segregated containers.
- The prison has a segregated unit for high-risk inmates.
- Historically, many public spaces were segregated by race.
- The data is kept segregated from other company information.