canned

adj

1. (not-comparable)Preserved in cans.

   “canned tomatoes”

   “If you don't have fresh cardoon I'll take canned.”

2. (broadly, not-comparable)Previously prepared; not fresh or new; standardized, mass-produced, or lacking originality or customization.

   “canned laughter”

   “The form letter included a canned answer stating that what I asked was against policy.”

   “And the punch-lines seem to disappear like clouds across the sky / And the laughter could be real or could be canned”

   “Unfortunately, some of the canned code, which Visual C++ gives to you when creating an application, is not CE aware and gives you compile errors.”

   “The vested owners of all those sun-drenched tract houses may stick around for a while and fight over the region, perhaps thinking that they are reenacting the great historical dramas of the nineteenth century—such is the long-term effect of canned entertainment on the collective imagi­nation.”

3. (not-comparable, slang)Drunk.
4. (not-comparable)Terminated, fired from a job.
5. (not-comparable)Cancelled or thrown away, said of a project or news article.

   “The raider story was canned by the censor on instructions from the naval authorities.”

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of can