underdeveloped
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The extreme weather is prompting concerns among farmers about the supply of fodder for livestock, with heat and drought leaving seeds underdeveloped and causing plants to age and die prematurely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
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
And what force would be stronger than me and my admittedly underdeveloped upper- body muscles wailing on the trunk with random tools?
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
