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21underdeveloped — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. backward, undeveloped, poor, poorly developed, retarded, slowed down; see also little 1 , weak 1 , 2 , 3 , 5 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Not progressing and developing as fast as others, as in economic and… …
22underdeveloped — adj. not fully developed, inadequately grown or built; not developed enough to yield a good picture (Photography) …
23underdeveloped — adjective not fully developed. ↘(of a country or region) not advanced economically. Derivatives underdevelopment noun …
24underdeveloped — un•der•de•vel•oped [[t]ˌʌn dər dɪˈvɛl əpt[/t]] adj. 1) improperly or insufficiently developed 2) pht (of a photographic negative) less developed than is normal, so as to produce a relatively dark positive lacking in contrast 3) cvb developing •… …
25underdeveloped — /ʌndədəˈvɛləpt / (say unduhduh veluhpt) adjective 1. (of a country) → developing (def. 2). 2. (of film) developed less than normal, producing a lack of contrast. 3. less fully developed than average. –underdevelopment, noun …
26underdeveloped — adj. 1 not fully developed; immature. 2 (of a country etc.) below its potential economic level. 3 Photog. not developed sufficiently to give a normal image. Derivatives: underdevelopment n …
27underdeveloped country — n. country in which the average standard of living is significantly lower than it is in countries with widespread industrial production and development, developing nation …
28underdeveloped countries — /ˌʌndədɪveləpt kʌntriz/ plural noun countries which are not fully industrialised …
29How Europe Underdeveloped Africa — is a book written by Walter Rodney in which he portrays the view that Africa was deliberately exploited and underdeveloped by European colonial regimes.Rodney argues that a combination of power politics and economic exploitation of Africa by… …
30developing underdeveloped — nonindustrial onindustrial adj. 1. not industrial; used of societies. Opposite of {industrial} and {industrialized}. [Narrower terms: {developing, underdeveloped}; {unindustrialized ] [WordNet 1.5] …
