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misdevelopment

misdevelopment noun: bad or wrong development.

Noun

misdevelopment (countable and uncountable, plural misdevelopments)

  1. Bad or wrong development.

Forms of misdevelopment

pluralmisdevelopments

Origin of misdevelopment

From mis- + development.

Questions about misdevelopment

What does misdevelopment mean?
Misdevelopment means bad or wrong development.
What part of speech is misdevelopment?
Misdevelopment is a noun.
What is the plural of misdevelopment?
The plural of misdevelopment is misdevelopments.

Words near misdevelopment in the dictionary

  1. misdetermines
  2. misdetermining
  3. misdevelop
  4. misdeveloped
  5. misdeveloping
  6. misdevelopment
  7. misdevelopments
  8. misdevelops
  9. misdevote
  10. misdevoted
  11. misdevotes

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