underdeveloped
Example Sentences
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While much of “Fatherland” feels underdeveloped, it is to Ms. Shorr’s credit that she has let Martin remain a disturbing enigma.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
According to her Instagram post, Phillips was born with an underdeveloped kidney.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
Brazil tilts more toward financials and commodities—it is one of the world’s major sources of iron ore, and has vast, underdeveloped rare-earth deposits.
From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026
Instead, U.S. markets have been left in the shade this year by international rivals, including developed markets, underdeveloped “emerging” markets, and even the really undeveloped “frontier” markets.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 26, 2025
He was far too young and too underdeveloped to row for the university, the only rowing game in town.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.