diversified

English

Verb

diversified

1. past participle of diversify

Adjective

diversified (comparative more diversified, superlative most diversified)

1. (obsolete) Diverse; various.
   • 1844, Johann Georg Kohl, Ireland:

     Against the huge boulderstones which lay scattered about on the shore, the mighty waves broke incessantly in the maddest and most diversified manner.

   • 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection:

     We thus see that these naturalised plants are of a highly diversified nature.

   • 1917 June 21, William Judson Kibby, “Analyzing Character by Observation”, in Iron Trade Review, volume 60, number 25, page 1345:

     Men of diversified temperament can learn valuable lessons from those of the conserving type by not attempting to think of so many disassociated things; that is, by concentrating the mind.

2. Employing the use of diversification; deliberately using a variety of instruments, methods, ingredients, or products, typically to reduce risk.
   • 1915, University of Delaware. Division of Agricultural Extension, Extension Bulletin - Issues 2-17:

     Diversified farming reduces the risk.

   • 1986, Technical Assistance for Irrigation Management for Diversified Crops in the Philippines, page 21:

     On-farm irrigation facilities require modifications to provide the proper water conditions for diversified crops.

   • 2014, Indermit S. Gill, ‎Ivailo Izvorski, ‎Willem van Eeghen, Diversified Development:

     The main lesson from East Asia is that improved access to infrastructure, a highly qualified workforce, and enforced rules of the game that reward investment and innovation are more likely to provide fertile ground for the emergence of a more efficient and diversified production base.

   • 2023, How to Create and Maintain a Diversified Investment Portfolio:

     This also involves establishing a diversified portfolio that matches the investor's objectives and periodically examining and adjusting the portfolio to ensure it stays aligned with the investor's goals.

3. Changed in a way that creates more diversity.
   • 1966, Pakistan. Commission on Student Problems and Welfare, Report, page 22:

     In West Pakistan during the second plan period efforts were made to introduce diversified courses in 600 middle schools but the difficulty in getting qualified teachers even by giving them shorter periods of training did not make it possible to implement the scheme successfully.

   • 1993, Janos Gergely, Progress in Immunology Vol. VIII, page 102:

     The diversified gene differs from the germline gene by multiple nucleotides.

   • 2001, John Sutton, Law/Society: Origins, Interactions, and Change:

     Even in a highly diversified society, Durkheim (1933) wrote, Men submit to the same law .

Derived terms

• multidiversified
• nondiversified
• prediversified
• stereodiversified
• undiversified

 

Translations

Translations

Czech: diverzifikovaný