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predistressed

predistressed is the alternative spelling of pre-distressed.

Meaning of pre-distressed

Adjective

pre-distressed (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) Already distressed before purchase, artificially made to look worn and old.
    • a new pre-distressed J.Crew cap2004 August 30, The New Yorker, page 38

Origin of predistressed

From pre- + distressed.

Questions about predistressed

What is predistressed the alternative spelling of?
Predistressed is the alternative spelling of pre-distressed.

Words near predistressed in the dictionary

  1. predistillation
  2. predistorted
  3. predistortion
  4. predistortions
  5. predistress
  6. predistressed
  7. predistribution
  8. predistributions
  9. predisturbance
  10. predisturbed
  11. preditor

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Adapted from Wiktionary: predistressed (page history and authors); pre-distressed (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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