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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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