Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Coated with sugar: as, a sugar-coated pill; hence, made palatable, in any sense.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
sugar-coat . - adjective Alternative spelling of
sugarcoated .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective encrusted with sugar or syrup
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Examples
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The numbers belie the claims being made on Capitol Hill that Democrats were dragged into signing off on what one lawmaker described as a "sugar-coated Satan sandwich," with the creditworthiness of the United States on the line.
FOXNews.com 2011
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At this point, things like Seth Godin's sugar-coated corporate speak emerge.
the target audience 2009
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While Chartwells promises super-nutritious meals of cereal, fruit, milk and eggs, if their current lunch offerings are any indication of what's to come, kids will likely be eating sugar-coated, carbon-dated cereals and fruit cups, high fat-hormone riddled chocolate milk, and processed egg McMuffins.
Jacqueline Edelberg: Chicago Schools Serve Up Breakfast, But Not Everyone's Happy Jacqueline Edelberg 2011
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While Chartwells promises super-nutritious meals of cereal, fruit, milk and eggs, if their current lunch offerings are any indication of what's to come, kids will likely be eating sugar-coated, carbon-dated cereals and fruit cups, high fat-hormone riddled chocolate milk, and processed egg McMuffins.
Jacqueline Edelberg: Chicago Schools Serve Up Breakfast, But Not Everyone's Happy Jacqueline Edelberg 2011
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While Chartwells promises super-nutritious meals of cereal, fruit, milk and eggs, if their current lunch offerings are any indication of what's to come, kids will likely be eating sugar-coated, carbon-dated cereals and fruit cups, high fat-hormone riddled chocolate milk, and processed egg McMuffins.
Jacqueline Edelberg: Chicago Schools Serve Up Breakfast, But Not Everyone's Happy Jacqueline Edelberg 2011
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At this point, things like Seth Godin's sugar-coated corporate speak emerge.
the target audience 2009
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So far Mr. Sarkozy's case has vacillated between threats against the opponents of his reforms and sugar-coated talk of "solidarity" that's intended to mask the measures 'intent.
Dissecting French Schizophrenia Rachel Marsden 2010
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This is less a kids' romp than a hymn to early cinema – sugar-coated with a junior steampunk adventure revolving around an Parisian orphan and his mystery automaton.
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At this point, things like Seth Godin's sugar-coated corporate speak emerge.
Marketing 2010
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More than one reviewer praised it highly, and if you want to introduce your kids to America's classical music, it's the jazz equivalent of a sugar-coated lollipop with something to chew on at its core.
Payton, Pelt & Hargrove: 3 (Sorta) Young Lions of the Jazz Trumpet Con Chapman 2011
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