Hyphenated

Verb

1. hyphenated

   (past of hyphenate)
   Compounding the word looked wrong, so I hyphenated it instead.

Full definition of hyphenated

Adjective

1. Written with a hyphen.Some dictionaries list hyphenated words as though they contained no punctuation.
2. Of a person, considered to have more than one nationality or ethnicity (such as French-Canadian, Afro-Argentine, etc.)."Community Newspaper is one of the many symbolic emblems that stand for the other half of the hyphenated American’s identity." Hyphenated Americans Must Look At Their Mirror -- The Community Newspaper -- To Do What Is Right, October 28, 2005.