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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uhn-der-di-vel-uh pt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn dər dɪˈvɛl əpt |
Definition of underdeveloped
Origin :- 1892, in the photography sense, under + past participle of develop. In reference to countries or regions, recorded from 1949.
- adj backward
- adj not fully developed
- adj not developed
- In some ways, compared to those of Terra, the industries of Tepokt were underdeveloped.
- Extract from : « Exile » by Horace Brown Fyfe
- An overdeveloped child is likely to be an underdeveloped man.
- Extract from : « Outwitting Our Nerves » by Josephine A. Jackson and Helen M. Salisbury
- We must encourage the development of resources and enterprises in all parts of the country, particularly in underdeveloped areas.
- Extract from : « State of the Union Addresses of Harry S. Truman » by Harry S. Truman
- His father and grandfather had been illiterate men and he had inherited their underdeveloped brain cells.
- Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
- The men had better heads than the women, underdeveloped yet comparatively well balanced.
- Extract from : « In the Forbidden Land » by Arnold Henry Savage Landor
- Though immature and underdeveloped by Terran standards, she had a fair figure for a Dry-town woman.
- Extract from : « The Door Through Space » by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- This is because it is underdeveloped, the chemicals acting too quickly to allow it to gain density.
- Extract from : « Harper's Round Table, August 13, 1895 » by Various
- An overexposed and underdeveloped plate may be redeveloped, and this process is usually called strengthening or intensifying.
- Extract from : « Harper's Round Table, August 13, 1895 » by Various
- How truly magnificent were the men of her own kind when compared with these underdeveloped, almost frail, Ammadians!
- Extract from : « The Return of Tharn » by Howard Carleton Browne
- This is more likely against a modernized, developed state than an underdeveloped government.
- Extract from : « Shock and Awe » by Harlan K. Ullman
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