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time-tested

time-tested adjective: tested and proved to be reliable over a period of time.

Adjective

time-tested (comparative more time-tested, superlative most time-tested)

  1. Tested and proved to be reliable over a period of time.

Forms of time-tested

comparativemore time-tested
superlativemost time-tested
alternative formtime tested

Questions about time-tested

What does time-tested mean?
Time-tested means tested and proved to be reliable over a period of time.
What part of speech is time-tested?
Time-tested is an adjective.

Words near time-tested in the dictionary

  1. time-tape
  2. time-taped
  3. time-taper
  4. time-tapes
  5. time-taping
  6. time-tested
  7. time-thrust
  8. time-thrusts
  9. time-to-digital converter
  10. time-to-digital converters
  11. time-to-market

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