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developed

/dɪˈvɛləpt/ adjective A2
  1. wealthy and industrialized; not third-world.
  2. Mature.
  3. Containing man-made structures such as roads, sewers, electric lines, buildings, and so on.
  4. Having useful or necessary infrastructure.
  5. Advanced, fully formed.
  6. Processed and fixed; containing a visible negative (or positive for slide film) image
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You have worked with it, and the muscles are more developed.”
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 4 · B2
She looked like a woman of narrow experience and rigid conscience, which she was; but there was a saving something about her mouth which, if it had been ever so slightly developed, might have been considered indicative of a sense of humor.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 5 · C1
But none developed.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 130 · C1
She said we couldn’t be too careful what habits we formed and what ideals we acquired in our teens, because by the time we were twenty our characters would be developed and the foundation laid for our whole future life.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 245 · C1

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