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Third World country

NOUN
developing nation
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LaGuardia Airport was famously described as befitting a Third World country.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

“Learning to parent a child in a Third World country was interesting,” said Carrie Glazer, who had done humanitarian work in Uganda and long wanted to adopt.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 19, 2022

“I feel like I’m living in a Third World country and they just don’t care enough. The will to live is so strong. I want them to know we are all rooting for them.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2021

I lived for several years in a so-called Third World country that is about 96% of African descent.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2018

For example, which is less morally fraught: Stem cell eggs and artificial wombs, or paying a poor woman in a Third World country as an egg donor or surrogate mother?

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2012