diversified

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

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.

Other Words From

• non·di·ver·si·fied adjective
• qua·si-di·ver·si·fied adjective
• un·di·ver·si·fied adjective
• well-di·ver·si·fied adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of diversified¹

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

Example Sentences

Bal also diversified into the restaurant business and designed the interiors of one of Delhi's posh restaurants, Veda, whose opulent and extravagant interiors created a buzz in the Indian media.

From BBC

Hilco Global is a diversified financial services firm based in Northbrook, Ill. TPG Angelo Gordon is a unit of TPG, an alternative asset manager based in Fort Worth and San Francisco.

From Los Angeles Times

El Paso County, where Colorado Springs is located, has become more liberal as it has diversified but is still resolutely red.

From Los Angeles Times

Chicanos have largely dropped Aztlán as an aspirational legend, as the Latino population in the U.S. has diversified.

From Los Angeles Times

This administration has also diversified the bench by nominating record numbers of public defenders.

From Slate

Related Words

• diverse
• varied