asterisked

Bearing small stars

Asterisked means marked with an asterisk (*).

Items in a list might be asterisked to indicate special status or exceptions: Asterisked entries require prior approval.

In sports statistics, asterisked records are those considered tainted or requiring explanation: His home run total remains asterisked due to the steroid era.

censorship

redacted

Officially removed from view

profanity · deleted · bowdlerized · sanitized · censored · blanked · euphemism · f-word

footnote

annotation

Added explanatory comment

numbered · explanatory · dagger · cross-reference · marginalia · notation · scholarly · academic · typographical · callout

emphasis

highlighted

Marked for emphasis

noted · important · significant · prioritized · spotlighted · underscored · signaled · indicated · denoted · featured

typography

symbol

Representational mark or sign

typeset · punctuation · ornament

wildcard

regex

Text-matching notation

query · filename · filter · boolean · truncation · database · command-line

Opposites
textual marking

asteriskedunmarked

Having no visible identification

unstarred · plain · unflagged · unadorned · unembellished

special status/notation

asteriskedunmarked

Having no visible identification

unqualified · unremarked · standard · ordinary · unnoted

annotation status

asteriskedunmarked

Having no visible identification

unflagged · unnoted · unindicated · unreferenced · undesignated

Family

asterisk, asterisks

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