1. having been developed into or transformed into a suburban area
Usage: British spelling

Examples

• The once rural countryside has become heavily suburbanised over the past decade.
• Many suburbanised areas lack the character of traditional villages.
• The suburbanised landscape stretched for miles beyond the city center.
• Local residents opposed further suburbanised development in the area.
• The suburbanised community featured shopping centers and housing estates.
• Environmental groups criticized the suburbanised sprawl affecting wildlife habitats.