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beaten
beaten /ˈbiːtn/ adjective [only before noun]
 Word Family: noun: beat, beating; adjective: beatable ≠ unbeatable, beatenunbeaten; verb: beat
1. off the beaten track/path a place that is off the beaten track is not well known and is far away from the places that people usually visit
2. a beaten path, track etc has been made by many people walking the same way:
    a well-beaten path through the forest
3. a beaten person feels defeated and not respected:
    a beaten man who had lost his job
4. beaten metal has been shaped with a hammer to make it thinner