adjective

processed

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adjective

Having been treated or altered, especially food that has been refined or manufactured rather than left in its natural state.

"She tries to avoid heavily processed foods."

"The application was processed within 24 hours."

How to Use Processed

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishChanged or handled through a set procedure — often used for food that’s been manufactured rather than fresh.

Common pairings

processed food processed cheese ultra-processed

more processed comparative, most processed superlative

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She tries to avoid heavily _____ foods.

From process + the past-tense suffix -ed.

unprocessed modified through manufacture

raw

blessed dressed pressed stressed obsessed recessed depressed professed repressed possessed oppressed impressed

unprocessed modified through manufacture raw