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fragmented
/frægˈmentɪd/
/-ṱɪd/ adjective Definition
› used to describe an industry or business activity that has many companies with no one company being much more important than the others: a fragmented industry/market/sector Brown is currently buying smaller insurance agencies, helping to consolidate the highly fragmented industry.
(Definition of fragmented adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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