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underdeveloping

underdeveloping is the present participle and gerund of underdevelop.

Meaning of underdevelop

Verb

underdevelop (third-person singular simple present underdevelops, present participle underdeveloping, simple past and past participle underdeveloped)

  1. To develop insufficiently.

Questions about underdeveloping

What is underdeveloping the present participle and gerund of?
Underdeveloping is the present participle and gerund of underdevelop.

Words near underdeveloping in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: underdeveloping (page history and authors); underdevelop (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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