developed

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adjective

de·vel·oped di-ˈve-ləpt

dē-

Synonyms of developed next

: having a relatively high level of industrialization and standard of living

a developed country

developed

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past tense and past participle of develop

Examples of developed in a Sentence

Adjective The disease is almost unheard of in developed countries. The younger plant has a less developed root system.

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Farther South The coast grows less developed and arguably wilder as one travels south. —

Kathryn Romeyn, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2023 Patel said that many women with two uteruses have only one fully developed and functional uterus. —

Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023 Agriculture uses 80% of California’s developed water and exports much of its crops overseas. —

George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023 Though she would have been cast as a maid, Lena always maintained that the character was well developed and not a stereotype. —

Donald Bogle, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2023 In This Article Getting Around Nevis may be small and less developed than big sister St. Kitts, but this 35.9-square-mile gem in the Leeward Islands has a ton to offer travelers. —

Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2023 Economically more developed eastern provinces are able to resolve their local government debt issues on their own, Pan said. —

Bloomberg, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2023 If most central banks among developed world are done raising rates, that would be good news for gold, Moya adds. —

WSJ, 20 Sep. 2023 One outlines zoning changes, primarily increasing the amount of vegetation and trees that developers must plant to replace those removed from a developed or redeveloped site. —

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