Usually means: Excluded from participation by blacklist.
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  1. backlisted: Wiktionary
  2. backlisted: Dictionary.com
  3. backlisted: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (backlist)

noun:  (publishing) A list of older books available from a publisher, as opposed to the frontlist of more recent titles.
noun:  (publishing, attributively, of books being planned) Expected to achieve years of adequate sales while on a backlist, and to be profitable on that basis, even if predicted not to sell in huge numbers when new.
verb:  (transitive) To hold back a student's application (to a college etc.) based on whether a preferred candidate declines their offer.
verb:  (transitive, publishing) To place (a book) on a backlist.
▸ Also see backlist


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