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outsourced

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of outsource

adjective

not comparable, of goods or services Obtained by outsourcing
not comparable, of a person Having ones employment transferred to a third party

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Closest in meaning: subcontract, contracted, contractual, third-party, vested, delocalized, external, allotted, assigned, contracting-out, delegated, devolved, entrusted, externalised, prescribed, recruited

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"outsourced." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/outsourced. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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outsourced. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/outsourced

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"outsourced." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/outsourced.

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@misc{outsourced_2026,
  title = {outsourced},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/outsourced},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}