un-concentrated

con·cen·trat·ed

[kon-suhn-trey-tid]
adjective
1.
applied with all one's attention, energy, etc.: their concentrated efforts to win the election.
2.
clustered or gathered together closely.
3.
treated to remove or reduce an inessential ingredient, especially liquid: concentrated orange juice.

Origin:
1680–90; concentrate + -ed2

non·con·cen·trat·ed, adjective
su·per·con·cen·trat·ed, adjective
un·con·cen·trat·ed, adjective
un·con·cen·trat·ed·ly, adverb
well-con·cen·trat·ed, adjective
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Word Origin & History

concentrate
1640, from concenter (1591), from It. concentrare, from L. com- "together" + centrum "center" (see center). Originally "to bring or come to a common center;" sense of "mental focus" is mid-19c.
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