Underdeveloped

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Not adequately or normally developed; immature: underdeveloped leaves and flowers.
  • adj. Processed in too weak a developing solution, or for too short a time, or at too low a temperature to produce a normal degree of contrast. Used of film.
  • adj. Having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication within the contemporary range of possibility; developing: underdeveloped countries.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. immature and not fully developed
  • adj. having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication
  • adj. of a film that has had insufficient development before being fixed
  • v. Simple past tense and past participle of underdevelop.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. not yet fully developed
  • adj. relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    develop   
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    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    develop    envelop    redevelop