Underdeveloped meaning

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

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.

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Not fully developed.

Seeds with underdeveloped embryos.

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Having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication within the contemporary range of possibility; developing.

Underdeveloped countries.

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Not fully developed.

Seeds with underdeveloped embryos.

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(photography) Of a film that has had insufficient development before being fixed.
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Simple past tense and past participle of underdevelop.
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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.
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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.

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Sentence Examples

  • multiethnic country, early childhood education is still underdeveloped.

  • underdeveloped in most schools.

  • The duodenal channel may be underdeveloped (duodenal hypoplasia), narrowed (duodenal stenosis), or the duodenum channel may not be properly formed (duodenal atresia).

  • Children are more likely to suffer sports injuries than adults since a child's vulnerability is heightened by immature reflexes, an inability to recognize and evaluate risks, and underdeveloped coordination.

  • During a physical examination, the doctor looks for underdeveloped breasts and genitalia, webbed neck, short stature, low hairline in back, simian crease (a single crease in the palm), and abnormal development of the chest.

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