diversified

[ dih-vur-suh-fahyd, dahy- ]

/ dɪˈvɜr səˌfaɪd, daɪ- /

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Definition of diversified

adjective

distinguished by various forms or by a variety of objects: diversified activity.

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.

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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Origin of diversified

First recorded in 1605–15; diversify + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM diversified

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How to use diversified in a sentence

Plus, bringing in diversified voices, whether it’s in product development, marketing or outreach helps eliminate blindspots when it comes to building inclusive business relationships with clients and customers.
Deep Dive: How companies and their employees are facing the future of work|Digiday|September 1, 2020|Digiday
Consumers do not come from the same backgrounds, especially in the highly diversified markets where most reside today.
Multicultural audiences are making nuanced media choices|Vevo|August 25, 2020|Digiday
Today, Cleveland has succeeded in developing a more diversified economy and has gained a national reputation as a center for healthcare and the arts.
Cleveland – The Rock and Roll Capital of the World|LGBTQ-Editor|August 21, 2020|No Straight News
Media owners with diversified revenue lines were best-positioned to weather the coronavirus crisis as it continued into the summer.
How the world’s biggest media companies fared through the ongoing crisis in Q2|Lara O'Reilly|August 12, 2020|Digiday

If you must build a link profile, then have some diversified anchor texts.
SEO on a shoestring budget: What small business owners can do to win|Ali Faagba|June 4, 2020|Search Engine Watch
What you mostly need to worry about is keeping fees low, and getting your allocations diversified.
A Declaration of Financial Independence|Megan McArdle|February 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The company diversified into soft drink and juice production in the late 1960s.
Ale Under the Veil|David Frum|March 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
White, black, gay, straight, Christian, Jewish, Muslim: Preppies have diversified quickly.
A 'True Prep' Primer|Spencer Bailey|September 6, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Woe unto the central banker who diversified in that direction too quickly.
Roubini and Bremmer on Why We're Still Doomed|Nouriel Roubini, Ian Bremmer|May 24, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The cuisine is rustic like the land, and its people and the flavors are intense, diversified and explosive.
Fresh Picks|Lidia Bastianich|July 14, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The combination of these five regions suggests a one-word description of Virginia's topography, namely, diversified.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
The site which it occupied is now a public garden, diversified with shrubbery and flowers.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
With his field-glass, Thurstane examined one after another of the mesas and buttes which diversified this enormous depression.
Overland|John William De Forest
The open country was finely diversified, with abundance of wood and water all around, within easy distance of the route.
The British Expedition to the Crimea|William Howard Russell
Two lines of rails, a waggon shed, and a few telegraph posts, alone diversified the outlook.
Tales and Fantasies|Robert Louis Stevenson