processed

process +‎ -ed

• AHD: prô' sěst
• Rhymes: -ěst

processed (comparative more processed, superlative most processed)

1. That has completed a required process.

   The processed data can now be used to generate statistics.

   The bank returned her processed application by mail.

2. Modified through manufacture such as refinement or food processing.

   Processed foods are of dubious nutritional value.

• (modified through manufacture): refined, manufactured

• unprocessed
• (modified through manufacture): natural

• processed cheese
• processed foods

• synthetic

processed

1. simple past tense and past participle of process