diversified

American  

[dih-vur-suh-fahyd, dahy-] / dɪˈvɜr səˌfaɪd, daɪ- /

adjective

1. distinguished by various forms or by a variety of objects.

   diversified activity.

2. distributed among a judicious variety of types; balanced.

   Investments focused in a single industry, such as energy, are more vulnerable to market volatility than more diversified investments.

3. producing different kinds of goods, crops, etc., or expanded so as to do so.

   He owns a diversified farm, raising livestock, produce, and medicinal herbs.

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Other Word Forms

• nondiversified
  adjective
• quasi-diversified
  adjective
• undiversified
  adjective
• well-diversified
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of diversified

First recorded in 1605–15; diversify + -ed ²

Explanation

When something is diversified, it is diverse, meaning varied. If your investments are diversified, it means you have put money in more than one place: real estate, stocks, bonds, race horses, gold, alligator farms, and so on. Diverse comes from a medieval Latin word diversificare, meaning “make dissimilar.” If you have diversified something, you have made its parts different from each other. For example, if you want to make your diet more diversified, you make it a point to eat a wider variety of foods, or at least something beyond just scrambled eggs and macaroni and cheese.

Example Sentences

A globalized U.S. airline would be a diversified powerhouse, less susceptible to localized fuel spikes or domestic recessions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Agricultural trade will be one of the few areas where both sides have practical reasons to cooperate: China needs food security and diversified supplies, while the U.S. farm sector needs demand and stable income.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Historically, a diversified index fund has returned 8% to 12% annually, on average.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

That coincided with the influx of new voting members living outside the United States as the academy diversified its ranks in the wake of the #OscarsSoWhite social media campaign.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

The Appalachians are the home of one of the world’s great hardwood forests—the expansive relic of the richest, most diversified sweep of woodland ever to grace the temperate world—and that forest is in trouble.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

Related Words

• diverse
• varied