underdeveloped Definition
under·de·vel·oped (-əpt)
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
underdeveloped Synonyms
underdeveloped
modif.
underdeveloped Usage Examples
Preposition: in
- area: Shared care schemes with GPs were also underdeveloped in some areas.
- comparison: Such services are often underdeveloped in comparison with the trunk routes and many new markets are being opened up.
- country: However, the biomass industry remains underdeveloped in most industrialized countries.
- school: The involvement of governors in target-setting is underdeveloped in most schools.
Preposition: within
curriculum: Weaknesses Interprofessional learning is as yet underdeveloped within the academic curriculum ( paragraph 33 ).
Modifies a noun
- country: To procure the foreign exchange to service its foreign debt, such underdeveloped countries must increase their exports.
- nation: We must now carry this policy into the wider world where the gap between the industrialized and the underdeveloped nations is still so great.
- region: Just a few examples: Cuban doctors have been working for years in the most underdeveloped regions of the world.
- character: Mattie Silver, Ethan's object of desire, is an underdeveloped character in the most extreme sense of the phrase.
- economy: Both joined the E.U. ( Slovakia last spring ) with relatively underdeveloped economies.
- world: Similar situations exist in much of the underdeveloped world.
Modifying Another Word
- economically: The vocational training program is a key project to improve the economically underdeveloped area, where 56 % of girls are illiterate.
- relatively: This is a relatively underdeveloped theme within policy research on clusters.
- rather: Puzzles are easy, while combat and stealth sections feel rather underdeveloped.
- yet: Although the legal issues are as yet underdeveloped, this approach manages to bring home the relevant issues in an interesting and informative way.
- still: However, the built-in download manager is still underdeveloped.
- too: Jheng's successful conquest of Taiwan afforded him only temporary foothold and limited resources, as Taiwan was too underdeveloped to offer immediate benefit.
Used with adjective complement
- remain: However, the biomass industry remains underdeveloped in most industrialized countries.
- seem: While this decision affects small details of the story later in the game, the whole ' choice ' aspect seems pretty underdeveloped.
- feel: Puzzles are easy, while combat and stealth sections feel rather underdeveloped.
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