well-developed
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"Plants don't have a well-developed mechanism to excrete these drug compounds. They can't easily get rid of waste by peeing, like humans do," Sanchez said.
From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026
But Shinomiya concluded that AI is not yet "well-developed enough" to do that sort of work.
From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026
He regrets that due to the destruction of her own letters, historians could not tell a well-developed story about her, unlike other wives of the Founding Fathers, like Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, and Dolley Madison.
From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025
Though Osric seems to have Malfoy DNA at his heart, the rest of the cast is original and well-developed.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025
Upward mobility was more difficult to achieve in the larger, more bureaucratic operation at Mother Langley, with a well-developed management structure.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
![]()
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.