Underdeveloped
adjective
Not having reached full growth or development.
The chick is still underdeveloped and cannot fly.
Often appears as...
- underdeveloped countries
- underdeveloped economy
adjective
Not fully used or exploited.
The island has underdeveloped potential for tourism.
Often appears as...
- underdeveloped resources
- underdeveloped talent
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Business
adjective
Relating to a country, region, or sector with low economic productivity.
Many regions of Africa are underdeveloped and lack infrastructure.
Often appears as...
- underdeveloped country
- underdeveloped market
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Disapproving
Economics
adjective
Not having reached full growth or development.
The chick is still underdeveloped and cannot fly.
Often appears as...
- underdeveloped countries
- underdeveloped economy
adjective
Not fully used or exploited.
The island has underdeveloped potential for tourism.
Often appears as...
- underdeveloped resources
- underdeveloped talent
Usage tips
Business
adjective
Relating to a country, region, or sector with low economic productivity.
Many regions of Africa are underdeveloped and lack infrastructure.
Often appears as...
- underdeveloped country
- underdeveloped market
Usage tips
Disapproving
Economics
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Growth Delay
Use to describe when someone or something hasn't reached expected maturity or progress.
He seems a bit underdeveloped for his age, physically and socially.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Connotation
Can imply a lack or deficiency when referring to living organisms or their characteristics.
Her reading skills are underdeveloped, making schoolwork hard.
Pro Tip 1/2Growth Delay
Use to describe when someone or something hasn't reached expected maturity or progress.
He seems a bit underdeveloped for his age, physically and socially.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Connotation
Can imply a lack or deficiency when referring to living organisms or their characteristics.
Her reading skills are underdeveloped, making schoolwork hard.
Pro Tip 1/2Growth Delay
Use to describe when someone or something hasn't reached expected maturity or progress.
He seems a bit underdeveloped for his age, physically and socially.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Connotation
Can imply a lack or deficiency when referring to living organisms or their characteristics.
Her reading skills are underdeveloped, making schoolwork hard.
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Why we make bad...
On the other hand, if you're visiting an underdeveloped country, and 25 dollars buys you a gourmet meal, it's exorbitant for a Big Mac. Why were you all sure that the answer to the question was no, before I'd even told you anything about the context? Because most of you compared the price of this Big Mac
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Dianna Cohen: Tough...
and a cold-molding machine. And my intention was to go out to the gyre, raise awareness about this issue and begin to pick up the plastic, chip it into little bits and cold mold it into bricks that could potentially be used as building materials in underdeveloped communities.
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If I should have a...
I was a live wire of nervous hormones. And I was underdeveloped and over-excitable. And despite my fear of ever being looked at for too long, I was fascinated by the idea of spoken-word poetry. I felt that my two secret loves, poetry and theater,
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How risk-taking changes...
the less fearful, guilty and stressed they became. This caused a situation in which they were no longer able to feel the brain's natural fear and caution instincts. And also, because they are teenagers and their brains are still underdeveloped,
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MO Finalist PIPE National...
underdeveloped in developing countries it is estimated that only ten billion dollars to provide pipe in water to people in need what's your favorite geography fact and why my favorite geography fact is that life in raleigh
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An anti-hero of one's...
Ideally, those who challenge the establishment should be wise, confident, brave, physically strong, with a type of charisma that inpires followers. The anti-hero, however, at best demonstrates a few underdeveloped traits,
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Paving the way towards...
the most underdeveloped infrastructure in the whole world and we also know that roads bad roads dilapidated railways congested inefficient ports dangerous airports don't make for great connections or
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This country isn't just...
sandwiched between two of the most populated countries on earth, China and India. The reality is that we are a small, underdeveloped country doing our best to survive.
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WY Finalist PIPE National...
the earth for even one day the first issue I tackle is problems in underdeveloped countries some things I do is uh I would give food aid to
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Baby Senses PIPE Inside the...
eyesight we're born with very underdeveloped vision even at one month the world is blurred and mostly black
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Why we make bad...
On the other hand, if you're visiting an underdeveloped country, and 25 dollars buys you a gourmet meal, it's exorbitant for a Big Mac. Why were you all sure that the answer to the question was no, before I'd even told you anything about the context? Because most of you compared the price of this Big Mac
Video examples
Dianna Cohen: Tough...
and a cold-molding machine. And my intention was to go out to the gyre, raise awareness about this issue and begin to pick up the plastic, chip it into little bits and cold mold it into bricks that could potentially be used as building materials in underdeveloped communities.
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If I should have a...
I was a live wire of nervous hormones. And I was underdeveloped and over-excitable. And despite my fear of ever being looked at for too long, I was fascinated by the idea of spoken-word poetry. I felt that my two secret loves, poetry and theater,
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How risk-taking changes...
the less fearful, guilty and stressed they became. This caused a situation in which they were no longer able to feel the brain's natural fear and caution instincts. And also, because they are teenagers and their brains are still underdeveloped,
Video examples
MO Finalist PIPE National...
underdeveloped in developing countries it is estimated that only ten billion dollars to provide pipe in water to people in need what's your favorite geography fact and why my favorite geography fact is that life in raleigh
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An anti-hero of one's...
Ideally, those who challenge the establishment should be wise, confident, brave, physically strong, with a type of charisma that inpires followers. The anti-hero, however, at best demonstrates a few underdeveloped traits,
Video examples
Paving the way towards...
the most underdeveloped infrastructure in the whole world and we also know that roads bad roads dilapidated railways congested inefficient ports dangerous airports don't make for great connections or
Video examples
This country isn't just...
sandwiched between two of the most populated countries on earth, China and India. The reality is that we are a small, underdeveloped country doing our best to survive.
Video examples
WY Finalist PIPE National...
the earth for even one day the first issue I tackle is problems in underdeveloped countries some things I do is uh I would give food aid to
Video examples
Baby Senses PIPE Inside the...
eyesight we're born with very underdeveloped vision even at one month the world is blurred and mostly black
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Quote examples
Marco Pierre White
British Chef
I came from a hard, working-class world which, since my mother's death, had been dominated by men. I hadn't been encouraged to talk about the burden of grief, and because I was severely underdeveloped when it came to sharing my emotions, I mustn't have been the most communicative husband.
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Robert Kennedy
American Politician
It is easy to overlook the importance of the young in underdeveloped countries. It is the natural course for nations, and diplomats, and those who publish newspapers, to speak to the established order. Seeking out the young requires a conscious effort.
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Dennis C. Blair
American Public Servant
The use of large-scale military force in volatile regions of underdeveloped countries is difficult to do right, has major unintended consequences and rarely turns out to be quick, effective, controlled and short lived.
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Adam Ondra
Czechoslovakian Athlete
I came to Flatanger with a plan in my mind to bolt a really, really hard thing that would be beautiful and keep me motivated to try it for a long time, in some underdeveloped area.
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Christy Turlington
American Model
In parts of the world where basic infrastructures like paved roads and transportation systems are underdeveloped, people walk for days to reach a health care provider.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
American Clergyman
In the underdeveloped countries, we have young men and women, many of them of capacity but without opportunity to improve themselves. They cannot do so without help.
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Pankaj Mishra
Indian Novelist
Local markets for literary fiction remain underdeveloped; the metropolis often holds out the only real possibility of a professional writing career.
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Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian Writer
I think yellow journalism is something that appears everywhere, in the underdeveloped and developed worlds alike.
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Jonathan Raban
British Author
In an underdeveloped country don't drink the water. In a developed country don't breathe the air.
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Diane Keaton
American Actress
I think that people who are famous tend to be underdeveloped in their humanity skills.
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Marco Pierre White
British Chef
I came from a hard, working-class world which, since my mother's death, had been dominated by men. I hadn't been encouraged to talk about the burden of grief, and because I was severely underdeveloped when it came to sharing my emotions, I mustn't have been the most communicative husband.
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Robert Kennedy
American Politician
It is easy to overlook the importance of the young in underdeveloped countries. It is the natural course for nations, and diplomats, and those who publish newspapers, to speak to the established order. Seeking out the young requires a conscious effort.
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Dennis C. Blair
American Public Servant
The use of large-scale military force in volatile regions of underdeveloped countries is difficult to do right, has major unintended consequences and rarely turns out to be quick, effective, controlled and short lived.
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Adam Ondra
Czechoslovakian Athlete
I came to Flatanger with a plan in my mind to bolt a really, really hard thing that would be beautiful and keep me motivated to try it for a long time, in some underdeveloped area.
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Christy Turlington
American Model
In parts of the world where basic infrastructures like paved roads and transportation systems are underdeveloped, people walk for days to reach a health care provider.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
American Clergyman
In the underdeveloped countries, we have young men and women, many of them of capacity but without opportunity to improve themselves. They cannot do so without help.
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Pankaj Mishra
Indian Novelist
Local markets for literary fiction remain underdeveloped; the metropolis often holds out the only real possibility of a professional writing career.
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Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian Writer
I think yellow journalism is something that appears everywhere, in the underdeveloped and developed worlds alike.
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Jonathan Raban
British Author
In an underdeveloped country don't drink the water. In a developed country don't breathe the air.
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Diane Keaton
American Actress
I think that people who are famous tend to be underdeveloped in their humanity skills.
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