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adopted

> adopted and adoptive
adopted and adoptive are liable to be confused. Adopted is applied to children who have been adopted, as in "The couple have two adopted daughters". Adoptive is applied to a person or people who adopt a child, as in "Her biological parents tried to get the girl back from her adoptive parents".

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