underdeveloped

[ uhn-der-di-vel-uhpt ]
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adjective
  1. improperly or insufficiently developed.

  2. Photography. (of a negative) less developed than is normal, so as to produce a relatively dark positive lacking in contrast.

Origin of underdeveloped

1
First recorded in 1890–95; under- + develop + -ed2

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British Dictionary definitions for underdeveloped

underdeveloped

/ (ˌʌndədɪˈvɛləpt) /


adjective
  1. immature or undersized

  2. relating to societies in which both the surplus capital and the social organization necessary to advance are lacking

  1. photog (of a film, plate, or print) processed in developer for less than the required time, thus lacking in contrast

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