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  • adjective designed and constructed to serve a particular purpose

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Examples

  • About the same time (mid-90's), in many other magazines, the British were proudly parading (and peddling) their purpose-built, "Arctic Warfare" sniper rifle built by Accuracy International.

    Savagery in South Dakota 2009

  • About the same time (mid-90's), in many other magazines, the British were proudly parading (and peddling) their purpose-built, "Arctic Warfare" sniper rifle built by Accuracy International.

    Savagery in South Dakota 2009

  • New computer-generated images showed how archery events staged on the hallowed turf at Lord's, equestrian events in Greenwich Park and the purpose-built whitewater canoeing course at Lee Valley will look next summer.

    Olympic Games organisers and police launch crackdown on ticket touts 2011

  • I picture the ICC executives heading into their purpose-built decision-making room if it helps you, I always visualise this as the military bunker from Dr Strangelove and brainstorming for several hours until they emerged, dehydrated and bottom-sore, with the solution.

    England's cricketers will get a mace to go with their kingly crown | Emma John 2011

  • An essential part of that vision is huge multicore servers, each housing dozens of virtual servers, but the default configuration of those servers is nowhere near purpose-built for virtualization.

    Five-year plan: 8 problems IT must solve Paul Venezia 2010

  • Computers, designed primarily for productivity rather than recreation, couldn't deliver the same audio, visual or gaming experience as the purpose-built equipment.

    Take the ultimate entertainment system wherever you go 2011

  • As a genealogist, I am concerned that the new Cork County Library … purpose-built, which opened to the public on the 19th October 2009, having transferred from the Model Farm Road location, is now “closed until further notice”.

    Cork and Flooding « Cork Genealogist 2009

  • Hong Kong's listless Government Records Service already has a purpose-built facility, a budget and staff.

    Hong Kong's Blind Spot Nicholas Frisch 2011

  • For the first time in its 80 year history, the Cork County Library is to have its own purpose-built headquarters.

    Cork and Flooding « Cork Genealogist 2009

  • It's exactly the reason for a decent purpose-built OS.norris. j

    Google's Microsoft Moment - Anil Dash 2009

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