underdeveloped
Example Sentences
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Ames’ Julianne is underdeveloped, her family life a conceit of the play rather than a lived reality.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
It only takes one attention-grabbing and theologically underdeveloped topic for these competing incentives to create drama.
From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2026
For him, there's a strong neurological factor – young men's attitude to sports, money, and prediction markets is down to what he describes as "an underdeveloped pre-frontal cortex and a high appetite for risk".
From BBC ● May 21, 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
In part, that was because the Mutual, operating in the vacuum of the segregated and underdeveloped South, quickly assumed a range of functions and responsibilities far beyond those of a mere insurance company.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
