adj · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
immature and not fully developed
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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2
adj
Meaning 2
having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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3
adj
Meaning 3
of a film that has had insufficient development before being fixed
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
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4
verb
Meaning 4
simple past and past participle of underdevelop
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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5
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: developing
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6
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
not yet fully developed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
недоразвит
(nedorazvit)
— immature and not fully developed
Georgian:
მოუმწიფებელი
(moumc̣ipebeli)
— immature and not fully developed
Georgian:
განუვითარებელი
(ganuvitarebeli)
— immature and not fully developed
Polish:
niedorozwinięty
— immature and not fully developed
Turkish:
az gelişmiş
— immature and not fully developed
Ukrainian:
недорозви́нений
(nedorozvýnenyj)
— immature and not fully developed
Arabic:
مُتَخَلِّف
(mutaḵallif)
— having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication
Danish:
underudviklet
— having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication
French:
sous-développé
— having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication
Galician:
subdesenvolvido
— having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication
Georgian:
განუვითარებელი
(ganuvitarebeli)
— having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication
German:
unterentwickelt
— having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication
Hebrew:
נֶחֱשָׁל
(neẖshál)
— having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication
Italian:
sottosviluppato
— having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication
Norwegian Bokmål:
underutviklet
— having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication
Norwegian Bokmål:
underutvikla
— having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication
Norwegian Nynorsk:
underutvikla
— having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication
Polish:
niedorozwinięty
— having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication
Portuguese:
subdesenvolvido
— having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication
Spanish:
subdesarrollado
— having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication
Swedish:
underutvecklad
— having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication
Tagalog:
dipaunlad
— having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication
Tagalog:
malaunlad
— having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication
Turkish:
az gelişmiş
— having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication
Turkish:
geri kalmış
— having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication
Bulgarian:
недопроявен
(nedoprojaven)
— of a film that has had insufficient development before being fixed
Irish:
foréalta
— of a film that has had insufficient development before being fixed
Polish:
niedorobiony
— of a film that has had insufficient development before being fixed