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

Example Sentences

“Focus on having a safety net, staying diversified, investing money for the long term and keeping liquidity available for short-term goals and needs.”

From MarketWatch

Gold is absorbing risk that markets are no longer confident can be diversified away.

From MarketWatch

Allied Gold operates a diversified portfolio of producing and development-stage gold assets in Africa, specifically in Mali, Ivory Coast and Ethiopia.

From The Wall Street Journal

It had military might, but not a diversified economy.

From Barron's

Those blueprints involve rearmament, diversified export markets, stronger supply chains, streamlined regulation and investments in key new sectors intended to reverse years of economic decline.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• diverse
• varied