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undevelop

undevelop verb: to undo the development of.

Verb

undevelop (third-person singular simple present undevelops, present participle undeveloping, simple past and past participle undeveloped)

  1. (transitive) To undo the development of.
    • […] to undevelop the land, and to return floodplains to the river.2006, Katherine Fischer, Dreaming the Mississippi, page 197

Forms of undevelop

third-person singular presentundevelops
present participleundeveloping
past participleundeveloped
pastundeveloped

Origin of undevelop

From un- + develop.

Questions about undevelop

What does undevelop mean?
Undevelop means to undo the development of.
What part of speech is undevelop?
Undevelop is a verb.
What is the past tense of undevelop?
The past tense of undevelop is undeveloped.

Words near undevelop in the dictionary

  1. undetrimental
  2. undeuterated
  3. undevastated
  4. undevastating
  5. undeveined
  6. undevelop
  7. undevelopable
  8. undeveloped
  9. undevelopedly
  10. undevelopedness
  11. undeveloping

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