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developing country

developing country noun: a country with low to medium income although substantial industrialization; (sometimes derogatory) a country with less industrial base, and thus often consequently widespread poverty and low Human Development Index (HDI).

Noun

developing country (plural developing countries)

  1. A country with low to medium income although substantial industrialization; (sometimes derogatory) a country with less industrial base, and thus often consequently widespread poverty and low Human Development Index (HDI).
    • Near-synonym: LMIC
    Synonyms:
    LMIC

developing country meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Arabic and Malay

developing country in Hindi

country with an emerging economy
विकासशील देश vikāsśīl deś

developing country in Tamil

வளரும் நாடு

developing country in Arabic

country with an emerging economy
دَوْلَة نَامِيَّة dawla nāmiyya

developing country in Malay

country with an emerging economy
negara membangun
More languagesFewer languages
developing country in Indonesian
negara berkembang
developing country in Vietnamese
nước đang phát triển

Synonyms of developing country

Antonyms

Forms of developing country

pluraldeveloping countries

Questions about developing country

What does developing country mean?
Developing country means a country with low to medium income although substantial industrialization; (sometimes derogatory) a country with less industrial base, and thus often consequently widespread poverty and low Human Development Index (HDI).
What is developing country in Hindi?
Developing country in Hindi is विकासशील देश (vikāsśīl deś). See Developing country meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is developing country?
Developing country is a noun.
What is the plural of developing country?
The plural of developing country is developing countries.

Words near developing country in the dictionary

  1. developes
  2. developeth
  3. developin'
  4. developing
  5. developing countries
  6. developing country
  7. developings
  8. development
  9. development aid
  10. development hell
  11. development limbo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: developing country (page history and authors); developing country (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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