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underdeveloped

adj · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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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History

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