diversified

Adjective

diversified (comparative more diversified, superlative most diversified)

1. (obsolete) Diverse; various.
   • Against the huge boulderstones which lay scattered about on the shore, the mighty waves broke incessantly in the maddest and most diversified manner.1844, Johann Georg Kohl, Ireland
   • We thus see that these naturalised plants are of a highly diversified nature.1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection
2. Employing the use of diversification; deliberately using a variety of instruments, methods, ingredients, or products, typically to reduce risk.
   • Diversified farming reduces the risk.1915, University of Delaware. Division of Agricultural Extension, Extension Bulletin - Issues 2-17
   • On-farm irrigation facilities require modifications to provide the proper water conditions for diversified crops.1986, Technical Assistance for Irrigation Management for Diversified Crops in the Philippines, page 21
3. Changed in a way that creates more diversity.
   • In West Pakistan during the second plan period efforts were made to introduce diversified courses in 600 middle schools but the difficulty in getting qualified teachers even by giving them shorter periods of training did not make it possible to implement the scheme successfully.1966, Pakistan. Commission on Student Problems and Welfare, Report, page 22
   • The diversified gene differs from the germline gene by multiple nucleotides.1993, Janos Gergely, Progress in Immunology Vol. VIII, page 102