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The definition of underdeveloped is having a low standard of living, or immature.

(adjective)

An example of something underdeveloped is a country that has many poor people and bad living conditions.
An example of something underdeveloped is a small fish that must get thrown back into the lake.

See underdeveloped in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

not developed to the proper or desirable degree; specif., so inadequately developed economically and industrially as to have a relatively low standard of living: underdeveloped nations

See underdeveloped in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Not adequately or normally developed; immature: underdeveloped leaves and flowers.
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.
Having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication within the contemporary range of possibility; developing: underdeveloped countries.

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