adjective
- purchased from a store rather than homemade or locally produced
Usage: informal; chiefly North American; often used in rural or traditional contexts
Examples
- She preferred homemade bread to boughten loaves from the supermarket.
- The boughten cookies were convenient but not as good as Grandma's recipe.
- Most of the food at the potluck was boughten, except for a few homemade dishes.
- He always complained that boughten pie crust couldn't compare to one made from scratch.
- The farmer's market sells fresh produce, not boughten vegetables from warehouses.