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underdeveloped

underdeveloped adjective: immature and not fully developed. Also the simple past and past participle of underdevelop.

Adjective

underdeveloped (comparative more underdeveloped, superlative most underdeveloped)

  1. immature and not fully developed
  2. having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication
  3. of a film that has had insufficient development before being fixed

Also used as

underdeveloped is also the simple past and past participle of underdevelop.

underdeveloped meaning in Kannada, Gujarati, Nepali and Tagalog

underdeveloped in Kannada

ಅವಿಕಸಿತ

underdeveloped in Gujarati

અલ્પવિકસિત

underdeveloped in Nepali

अल्पविकसित

underdeveloped in Tagalog

having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication
dipaunlad, malaunlad
More languagesFewer languages
underdeveloped in Arabic
مُتَخَلِّف mutaḵallif

Examples of underdeveloped in a sentence

  • Located in Pingqiao District of Xinyang, Henan Province, Haotang Village was ordinary and underdeveloped.
  • However, eco-imperialism is negatively affecting people in developed as well as underdeveloped nations.
  • Power-leveling underdeveloped characters, swapping new loot, and cooperating to survive are all highlights of co-op.

All 15 example sentences with underdeveloped

Forms of underdeveloped

comparativemore underdeveloped
superlativemost underdeveloped

Words formed from underdeveloped

Questions about underdeveloped

What does underdeveloped mean?
Underdeveloped means immature and not fully developed.
What is underdeveloped in Kannada?
Underdeveloped in Kannada is ಅವಿಕಸಿತ. See Underdeveloped meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is underdeveloped?
Underdeveloped is an adjective.

Words near underdeveloped in the dictionary

  1. underdetermines
  2. underdetermining
  3. underdeterrence
  4. underdeterrent
  5. underdevelop
  6. underdeveloped
  7. underdevelopedness
  8. underdeveloping
  9. underdevelopment
  10. underdevelopments
  11. underdevelops

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Adapted from Wiktionary: underdeveloped (page history and authors); underdeveloped (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); underdeveloped (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); underdeveloped (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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