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upcycled

adj
/ˈʌpsaɪk(ə)ld/US

Etymology

From upcycle + -ed.

  1. derived from *kʷékʷlos✻
  2. derived from κύκλος
  3. derived from cyclus
  4. inherited from cicle — “fixed length period of years”
  5. prefixed as recycle — “re + cycle”
  6. compounded as upcycle — “up- + recycle”
  7. suffixed as upcycled — “upcycle + ed”

Definitions

  1. Of waste materials, etc.

    Of waste materials, etc.: converted into new materials or products of higher quality and greater functionality.

  2. Promoted into a more productive or useful role.

  3. simple past and past participle of upcycle.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for upcycled. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA