gentrified

[ jen-truh-fahyd ]

/ ˈdʒɛn trəˌfaɪd /

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adjective

very or excessively refined or elegant.

subjected to gentrification.

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Origin of gentrified

First recorded in 1975–80; gentrify + -ed²

Adapted from a web series of the same name, it stars creators Kevin Iso and Dan Perlman as childhood friends living in the eponymous, relatively un-gentrified section of Central Brooklyn.
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I feel like mambo sauce is and always will be one of the pre-gentrified artifacts of the city.
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The next will be Ridgewood in Queens, Moss says, close to the already hyper-gentrified Bushwick and Greenpoint.
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The City in the 70s would be unrecognizable to denizens of the gentrified metropolis of today.
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I grew up on the Lower East Side—before it was gentrified—and I have a high school diploma.
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Among the professional bohemians of gentrified Tribeca, Karl Taro Greenfeld spins mesmerizing stories in Triburbia.
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Now the area, called Fondren, has gentrified and is filled with shops, restaurants, and progressive-minded residents.
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