Usually means: Designed specifically for intended use.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word purpose-built:

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  1. purpose-built: Merriam-Webster
  2. purpose-built: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. purpose-built, purpose-built: Collins English Dictionary
  4. purpose-built: Vocabulary.com
  5. Purpose-Built, Purpose-built, purpose-built: Wordnik
  6. purpose-built: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. purpose-built: Wiktionary
  8. purpose-built: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. purpose-built: Dictionary.com
  10. purpose-built: Rhymezone
  11. purpose-built: FreeDictionary.org
  12. purpose-built: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. purpose-built: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Designed and constructed to serve a particular purpose.

Similar:
purposeful, purpose-made, dedicated, tailor-made, purposive, fit for purpose, well-designed, good, purpose-like, custom, more...

Opposite:
makeshift, improvised, jury-rigged

Types:
factory-made, mass-produced, off-the-shelf, custom-made, bespoke, more...

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Similar:
purposeful, purpose-made, dedicated, tailor-made, purposive, fit for purpose, well-designed, good, purpose-like, custom, more...

Opposite:
makeshift, improvised, jury-rigged

Types:
factory-made, mass-produced, off-the-shelf, custom-made, bespoke, more...



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