underdeveloped

underdevelop (ˌʌndədɪˈvɛləp)

—vb
	(tr) photog to process (a film, plate, or paper) in developer for less than the required time, or at too low a temperature, or in an exhausted solution

underde'velopment

—n

underdeveloped (ˌʌndədɪˈvɛləpt)

—*adj*
1.	immature or undersized
2.	relating to societies in which both the surplus capital and the social organization necessary to advance are lacking
3.	photog (of a film, plate, or print) processed in developer for less than the required time, thus lacking in contrast

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Word Origin & History

underdeveloped

1892, in the photography sense, under + pp. of develop. In ref. to countries or regions, recorded from 1949.

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Medical Dictionary

underdeveloped un·der·de·vel·oped (ŭn'dər-dĭ-věl'əpt)
adj.
Not adequately or normally developed; immature.

Example sentences

Underdeveloped countries must trade or see deeper declines in living standards.

Economists have neglected the subject for so long that their theories of how

stimulus works are shockingly underdeveloped.

We need to give because unlike us the issues in underdeveloped nations are not

self inflicted.

Most of the cases are acquired during foreign travel to underdeveloped

countries.

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"...I ... know the bitter fact that most lives are incredibly wasted, that opportunities for developing identity, for receiving pleasure, for achieving a sense of self-worth are limited and, not only underdeveloped, but in most cases not developed at all—because no one thinks that a housewife, or a mother, or a typist has anything to develop."

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