barred

To be barred is to banned either from a place or forbidden to perform an action. What did you do to get yourself barred from that restaurant?

To be barred is to be blocked from entrance or not allowed to do something — as if there were imaginary bars in your path. Both barred and the verb bar, which it is formed from, usually apply to a single person or group — like when your friend was barred from that theater after throwing popcorn, or when she was barred from singing in public. Barred can also describe something that is marked with bars, like a barred owl.