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better-defined

better-defined is the superlative form of well-defined.

Meaning of well-defined

Adjective

well-defined (comparative better-defined or more well-defined, superlative best-defined or most well-defined)

  1. Having a clean and distinct outline.
    Antonyms:
    ill-defined
  2. Accurately and precisely described or specified.
    • AMVAC Chemical Corp. spokesman Brian Maddox said the company does not sell naled into China and has “no idea how it may have been used or how much is applied. By contrast, the application of Naled in the US is well-defined by the USEPA label and is highly controlled to ensure compliance with...2017 June 9, Susan Scutti, “Study links mosquito spray to delayed motor skills in babies”, in CNN, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2022
  3. Defined in an unambiguous and consistent way: specifically, such that any two objects implied to be identical are indeed identical.
    Antonyms:
    ill-defined

Questions about better-defined

What is better-defined the superlative form of?
Better-defined is the superlative form of well-defined.

Words near better-defined in the dictionary

  1. better-appointed
  2. better-behaved
  3. better-brought-up
  4. better-built
  5. better-connected
  6. better-defined
  7. better-developed
  8. better-formed
  9. better-groomed
  10. better-grounded
  11. better-hearted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: better-defined (page history and authors); well-defined (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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