- to develop to a point below what is needed
- Photog. to develop (a film, plate, etc.) for too short a time or with too weak a developer
underdevelop
under·de·velopWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present underdevelops, present participle underdeveloping, simple past and past participle underdeveloped)
- To develop insufficiently.
Origin
From under- + developed.
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