diverted

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of divert.

   Engineers diverted the river to keep the low-lying village from flooding.

   Much of the budget had been diverted into an unrelated project.

   Note

   One spelling does two jobs: the simple past (engineers diverted the river) and the participle after have or be (had been diverted). It carries every meaning of divert, so context decides. Funds were diverted means moved elsewhere, while a guest was diverted means distracted or amused. Before a noun, as in a diverted flight, it settles into the rerouted adjective. The intransitive use meaning to digress is obsolete.

2. 2
   adjective

   Rerouted or redirected away from an original course, path, or intended purpose.

   Passengers on the diverted flight reached the city hours behind schedule.

   The diverted shipment finally arrived at the warehouse after a long detour.

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