underdeveloped
11underdeveloped — poor The inference is that a greater degree of development was or is attainable and desirable. It may describe sovereign states or regions: The use of underdeveloped is a clue to a state of mind, that of the international dogooders.… …
12underdeveloped — adjective 1 underdeveloped country/region etc a country, region etc that is poor and where there is not much modern industry compare developing country developing 2 not having grown or developed as much as is usual or necessary: a skinny,… …
13underdeveloped — [ˌʌndədɪˈveləpt] adj 1) an underdeveloped country or region is poor. Many people think that this word is offensive, and prefer to use the word developing. 2) an underdeveloped person or body has not grown as much as it should have …
14underdeveloped — adj. Underdeveloped is used with these nouns: ↑country, ↑region, ↑world …
15underdeveloped — /ˌʌndədɪ veləpt/ adjective which has not been developed ● Japan is an underdeveloped market for our products …
16underdeveloped country — ˌunderdeˌveloped ˈcountry noun underdeveloped countries PLURALFORM [countable] ECONOMICS a country that is poor and where there is not much modern industry compare developing country, LDC * * * underdeveloped country UK US …
17underdeveloped market — /ˌʌndədɪveləpt mɑ:kɪt/ noun a market which has not been fully exploited ● Japan is an underdeveloped market for our products …
18underdeveloped — /un deuhr di vel euhpt/, adj. 1. improperly or insufficiently developed. 2. Photog. (of a negative) less developed than is normal, so as to produce a relatively dark positive lacking in contrast. 3. developing (def. 2). [1890 95; UNDER + DEVELOP… …
19underdeveloped — adjective a) immature and not fully developed b) having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication …
20underdeveloped — Synonyms and related words: arrested, backward, behindhand, callow, coarse, crude, defective, deficient, embryonic, failing, hypoplastic, immature, in arrear, in arrears, in default, in embryo, in ovo, in short supply, in the rough, inadequate,… …
