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underdeveloped
01
having insufficient economic, social, or industrial progress due to a lack of resources, infrastructure, or investment
Grammatical Information
Composition
Complex
relational
Superlative
most underdeveloped
Comparative
more underdeveloped
gradable
Examples
The underdeveloped nation faces challenges in providing education for all its children.
02
(of a body part) lacking complete growth or maturity, resulting in reduced structure or function
Examples
The tadpole ’s underdeveloped legs showed it was not yet ready to leave the water.
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