processed en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /pɹəˈsɛst/
- (Southern-England) audio
- /pɹoʊsəst/ (Canada, US, rare)
- prōʹsĕst (Canada, US, rare)
- /ˈpɹɑsəst/ (General-American)
- /ˈpɹɑsɛst/ (General-American)
- /ˈpɹəʊsɛst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- prŏsʹĕst (General-American)
- /ˈpɹoʊsɛst/ (Canada, US, rare)
- prə-sĕstʹ
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English process Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English processed From process + -ed.
Meanings
-
That has completed a required process.
The processed data can now be used to generate statistics.
The bank returned her processed application by mail.
-
Modified through manufacture such as refinement or food processing.
Processed foods are of dubious nutritional value.
Of the 10 ultraprocessed food categories they looked at, two were clearly associated with greater risk: sugar-sweetened drinks (like soda and fruit punch) and processed meat, poultry and fish (like bacon, hot dogs, breaded fish products, chicken sausages and salami sandwiches).
2024 September 5, Alice Callahan, “Are Some Ultraprocessed Foods Worse Than Others?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 Sep 2024:You know why I stopped eating processed foods? I began to picture the people who might be processing them.
1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 80:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most processed | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more processed | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
modified through manufacture · unprocessed
Deriveds
cryo-processed · microprocessed · semiprocessed · processed food · ultra-processed · hydroprocessed · Dutch-processed · ultra-processed food · nonprocessed · hyperprocessed · processed cheese · ultraprocessed · immunoprocessed · processed meat
Relateds
Synonyms
manufactured (modified through manufacture) · refined (modified through manufacture)