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mass-produced

mass-produced

8 3.8
Made in large numbers in factories rather than by hand
  • adjective
  • /ˈmæs prəˌduːst/
translation icon : producción en masa
  • She prefers handcrafted items over mass-produced goods that lack individuality.
  • mass-produced goods
  • mass-produced items
  • mass-produced commodities

This is not some mass produced knock off NES clone.

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Examples

  • The newly mass-produced goods needed consumers, and advertising emerged as the bridge between mass-produced goods and mass purchasing.

    Academic text (2005)
  • As the cloth became popular abroad, mass-produced cloth flooded the market.

    Academic text (1997)
  • In the short term, industrial food is less expensive because it's mass produced and automated.

  • And he says pieces like this could be mass produced either in base metal or plastic from a mold.

  • Modern mass produced collectibles are almost always terrible investments.

  • Perhaps the best symbol of this shift towards mass produced, easy, convenient breakfast food is cornflakes.

  • So I actually recently bought, I pre-ordered and will soon have delivered the first mass produced Linux phone.

  • Today, every grade and kind of antiquity is being mass-produced and sold in quantities too large to imagine.

    Academic text (2009)
  • The Curtiss Jenny was the first mass-produced airplane, with 6,000 turned out between 1915 and 1918.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The Curtiss Jenny became the first mass-produced airplane, with 6,000 manufactured from 1915 to 1918.

    Academic text (2003)

Synonyms

machine-made
vsmass-produced
1 3.1

Made by a machine rather than by hand

is about very large quantity production using assembly-line methods
factory-made
vsmass-produced
1 3.1

Made by machines in large numbers rather than by hand

is about large-scale production using assembly-line methods rather than location
manufactured
vsmass-produced
2.1

Made in a factory in large amounts rather than by hand

is more about very large quantity production using assembly-line methods

Antonyms

255 2.9

An item that a person makes with their hands instead of a machine, often with care

How Mass-produced

mass-produced
8 3.8
factory-made
1 3.1
machine-made
1 3.1
handmade
255 2.9

Surface Forms

mass-produced positive

Morphology

mass-produced = mass + produce (transparent) = mass + produce + ed

The adjective is formed from the compound verb 'mass-produce' (mass + produce) by adding the regular past-participial suffix '-ed', and the meaning (produced in large quantities) is directly inferable.

Etymology

Mass-produced comes from the words mass meaning 'large amount' and produce meaning 'to make'. So, mass-produced means made in large amounts, often in factories rather than by hand.