Undeveloped
adjective
Not grown or advanced to full potential.
The seeds remain undeveloped because of the lack of water.
adjective
Not having been brought into use or action.
There are several undeveloped plots of land in the city.
adjective
Not having been subjected to industrial processes or methods.
The undeveloped resources in this country need proper exploitation.
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Business
adjective
Not adequately thought out or not fully formed.
His novel has an interesting premise, but the plot was still undeveloped.
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Academic
adjective
Not grown or advanced to full potential.
The seeds remain undeveloped because of the lack of water.
adjective
Not having been brought into use or action.
There are several undeveloped plots of land in the city.
adjective
Not having been subjected to industrial processes or methods.
The undeveloped resources in this country need proper exploitation.
Usage tips
Business
adjective
Not adequately thought out or not fully formed.
His novel has an interesting premise, but the plot was still undeveloped.
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/2Potential Growth
Use 'undeveloped' when something hasn't reached its full ability to grow or progress.
The athlete's skills are undeveloped but show much promise.
Pro Tip 2/2Lack of Nurture
Implies that with more care or nurturing, the 'undeveloped' item or quality could improve.
Her singing talent is undeveloped, needing more practice and training.
Pro Tip 1/2Potential Growth
Use 'undeveloped' when something hasn't reached its full ability to grow or progress.
The athlete's skills are undeveloped but show much promise.
Pro Tip 2/2Lack of Nurture
Implies that with more care or nurturing, the 'undeveloped' item or quality could improve.
Her singing talent is undeveloped, needing more practice and training.
Pro Tip 1/2Potential Growth
Use 'undeveloped' when something hasn't reached its full ability to grow or progress.
The athlete's skills are undeveloped but show much promise.
Pro Tip 2/2Lack of Nurture
Implies that with more care or nurturing, the 'undeveloped' item or quality could improve.
Her singing talent is undeveloped, needing more practice and training.
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Andrea Marshall: Queen...
to take photographs of but as an animal that had been overlooked that needed scientific attention my attention and as happenstance would have it I had been doing exploratory diving off the very remote and undeveloped coastline of Mozambique and wow what an awesome time of my life you know diving places that maybe no one had ever
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Safari Live - Day 134 PIPE...
Impala that we've seen from time to time that has a horn growing out from its nose area basically between its eyes and its nostrils on its face there is a little horn it grows out it's a very underdeveloped one given that she's a female it's not surprising that she's got this undeveloped horn now hopefully
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Citizen "Scientists"...
covered a bit more than a mile of undeveloped coastlines spotting hundreds of birds some participants are new to birding as a Gulf Coast resident and as a science teacher I know the importance of collecting data and I was really interested in the fact that they would
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History vs. Vladimir...
in a few decades from a backward and undeveloped monarchy full of illiterate peasants to a modern, industrial superpower, with one of the world's best educated populations, unprecedented opportunities for women, and some of the most important scientific advancements
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Robert Hammond: Building...
and so we've taken a playful take where, instead of framing advertisements, it's going to frame people in views of the city. This was just installed last month. And then the last section was going to go around the rail yards, which is the largest undeveloped site
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What is leukemia? -...
And one type of cancer has the unfortunate distinction of afflicting children more than any other type. This is leukemia, a cancer that begins in stem cells found in the bone marrow. A stem cell is a bit like an infant, undeveloped but possessing great potential.
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Saving One of the Most...
could be called one of the world's largest inland Delta a seas teeming with wildlife like hippos elephants and african fish eagles wear these priceless waters begin the forests have remained untouched and largely undeveloped in a
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The history buried under...
there are millions of undiscovered archaeological sites around the world and the only way that we're going to find them is by using satellites and as yet undeveloped technologies that you all will help invent but you're not even
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How we're saving one of...
disappearing up north into the little-known Angolan highlands. This is the largest undeveloped river basin on the planet, spanning an area larger than California. These vast, undeveloped Angolan watersheds were frozen in time
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Mapping wilderness PIPE...
the largest alluvial fan of its kind fed by floodwaters from the mighty calving goo basin the size of Texas the world's largest undeveloped river catchment home to the largest remaining population of
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Andrea Marshall: Queen...
to take photographs of but as an animal that had been overlooked that needed scientific attention my attention and as happenstance would have it I had been doing exploratory diving off the very remote and undeveloped coastline of Mozambique and wow what an awesome time of my life you know diving places that maybe no one had ever
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 134 PIPE...
Impala that we've seen from time to time that has a horn growing out from its nose area basically between its eyes and its nostrils on its face there is a little horn it grows out it's a very underdeveloped one given that she's a female it's not surprising that she's got this undeveloped horn now hopefully
Video examples
Citizen "Scientists"...
covered a bit more than a mile of undeveloped coastlines spotting hundreds of birds some participants are new to birding as a Gulf Coast resident and as a science teacher I know the importance of collecting data and I was really interested in the fact that they would
Video examples
History vs. Vladimir...
in a few decades from a backward and undeveloped monarchy full of illiterate peasants to a modern, industrial superpower, with one of the world's best educated populations, unprecedented opportunities for women, and some of the most important scientific advancements
Video examples
Robert Hammond: Building...
and so we've taken a playful take where, instead of framing advertisements, it's going to frame people in views of the city. This was just installed last month. And then the last section was going to go around the rail yards, which is the largest undeveloped site
Video examples
What is leukemia? -...
And one type of cancer has the unfortunate distinction of afflicting children more than any other type. This is leukemia, a cancer that begins in stem cells found in the bone marrow. A stem cell is a bit like an infant, undeveloped but possessing great potential.
Video examples
Saving One of the Most...
could be called one of the world's largest inland Delta a seas teeming with wildlife like hippos elephants and african fish eagles wear these priceless waters begin the forests have remained untouched and largely undeveloped in a
Video examples
The history buried under...
there are millions of undiscovered archaeological sites around the world and the only way that we're going to find them is by using satellites and as yet undeveloped technologies that you all will help invent but you're not even
Video examples
How we're saving one of...
disappearing up north into the little-known Angolan highlands. This is the largest undeveloped river basin on the planet, spanning an area larger than California. These vast, undeveloped Angolan watersheds were frozen in time
Video examples
Mapping wilderness PIPE...
the largest alluvial fan of its kind fed by floodwaters from the mighty calving goo basin the size of Texas the world's largest undeveloped river catchment home to the largest remaining population of
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Maria Montessori
Italian Educator
It is the children between five and seven who are the word-lovers. It is they who show a predisposition toward such study. Their undeveloped minds can not yet grasp a complete idea with distinctness. They do, however, understand words. And they may be entirely carried away by their ecstatic, their tireless interest in the parts of speech.
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Joel A. Barker
American Businessman
The invention of the micro-loan was a big surprise to me. Who would have guessed loans of less than $20 made to poor people in undeveloped countries could create thriving local economies? And, even more surprisingly, that they more reliably pay off their debts than the wealthy of the world.
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Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
Sadly, semi-consciousness, along with daydreaming, is a capacity that is actively discouraged among children in schools, and our society is much poorer and harsher as a consequence. The value of liminal space and transitional imagination remain personally and culturally undeveloped.
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Roman Jakobson
Russian Scientist
Semantics, or the study of meaning, remained undeveloped, while phonetics made rapid progress and even came to occupy the central place in the scientific study of language.
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Robert D. Kaplan
American Journalist
The first thing to recognize not just about Afghanistan but about any poor undeveloped country is that as big as it looks on the map, it's much bigger when you're there.
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Andris Nelsons
Latvian Composer
It might be expensive to make music lessons available. But it's even more costly to deal with human beings who have half their intellect and spirit left undeveloped.
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Christian Lous Lange
Norwegian Politician
The growth of means of transport has created a world market and an opportunity for division of labor embracing all the developed and most of the undeveloped states.
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Barbara Demick
American Journalist
North Korea is not an undeveloped country; it is a country that has fallen out of the developed world.
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Mark Cavendish
Manx Cyclist
When you're a young pro from an undeveloped country in road cycling then you're on the back foot.
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Saul Bellow
American Novelist
In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.
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Maria Montessori
Italian Educator
It is the children between five and seven who are the word-lovers. It is they who show a predisposition toward such study. Their undeveloped minds can not yet grasp a complete idea with distinctness. They do, however, understand words. And they may be entirely carried away by their ecstatic, their tireless interest in the parts of speech.
Quote examples
Joel A. Barker
American Businessman
The invention of the micro-loan was a big surprise to me. Who would have guessed loans of less than $20 made to poor people in undeveloped countries could create thriving local economies? And, even more surprisingly, that they more reliably pay off their debts than the wealthy of the world.
Quote examples
Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
Sadly, semi-consciousness, along with daydreaming, is a capacity that is actively discouraged among children in schools, and our society is much poorer and harsher as a consequence. The value of liminal space and transitional imagination remain personally and culturally undeveloped.
Quote examples
Roman Jakobson
Russian Scientist
Semantics, or the study of meaning, remained undeveloped, while phonetics made rapid progress and even came to occupy the central place in the scientific study of language.
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Robert D. Kaplan
American Journalist
The first thing to recognize not just about Afghanistan but about any poor undeveloped country is that as big as it looks on the map, it's much bigger when you're there.
Quote examples
Andris Nelsons
Latvian Composer
It might be expensive to make music lessons available. But it's even more costly to deal with human beings who have half their intellect and spirit left undeveloped.
Quote examples
Christian Lous Lange
Norwegian Politician
The growth of means of transport has created a world market and an opportunity for division of labor embracing all the developed and most of the undeveloped states.
Quote examples
Barbara Demick
American Journalist
North Korea is not an undeveloped country; it is a country that has fallen out of the developed world.
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Mark Cavendish
Manx Cyclist
When you're a young pro from an undeveloped country in road cycling then you're on the back foot.
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Saul Bellow
American Novelist
In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.
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