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See definition of underdeveloped on Dictionary.com
  • adj.backward
  • adj.not fully developed
  • adj.not developed

synonyms for underdeveloped

  • disadvantaged
  • impoverished
  • lagging
  • poor
  • undeveloped
  • weak
  • immature
  • small
  • undersized

antonyms for underdeveloped

MOST RELEVANT
  • rich
  • wealthy
  • developed
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How to use underdeveloped in a sentence

States across the US have found themselves struggling with underdeveloped logistics that have caused problems in delivery and made rollout slower than promised.
WITHOUT LEADERSHIP ON VACCINE ROLLOUT, SCAMS ARE INEVITABLEBOBBIE JOHNSONJANUARY 6, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
The lack of non–English-language websites on the open Internet is a strong proxy for an underdeveloped digital economy.
THE WEB MUST CHANGE ITS BUSINESS MODEL IF IT WANTS TO BECOME TRULY GLOBAL AND MULTILINGUALMATTHEWHEIMERDECEMBER 21, 2020FORTUNE
However, while the methods of fraud are not necessarily new, identifying and eliminating fraud in the CTV ad market is difficult because of how underdeveloped and opaque the market remains.
‘THIS WAS THE ZEITGEIST YEAR’: HOW TV NETWORKS SOLD ADVERTISERS ON STREAMING IN THIS YEAR’S UPFRONTTIM PETERSONSEPTEMBER 30, 2020DIGIDAY
In countries with underdeveloped infrastructure, a vaccine’s journey can be perilous.
ONCE A COVID-19 VACCINE IS DISCOVERED, THE HARD PART BEGINSJAKEMETHSEPTEMBER 17, 2020FORTUNE
The issue might be less about major disruption on continent but more about the over-reliance on underdeveloped supply chains which struggle in the wake of the global crisis.
AFRICA IS TACKLING ITS SUPPLY CHAIN DEFICIT WITH A US-BACKED RESEARCH CENTER IN GHANAYINKA ADEGOKEJULY 27, 2020QUARTZ
Though immature and underdeveloped by Terran standards, she had a fair figure for a Dry-town woman.
THE DOOR THROUGH SPACEMARION ZIMMER BRADLEY
This is because it is underdeveloped, the chemicals acting too quickly to allow it to gain density.
HARPER'S ROUND TABLE, AUGUST 13, 1895VARIOUS
An overexposed and underdeveloped plate may be redeveloped, and this process is usually called strengthening or intensifying.
HARPER'S ROUND TABLE, AUGUST 13, 1895VARIOUS
This is more likely against a modernized, developed state than an underdeveloped government.
SHOCK AND AWEHARLAN K. ULLMAN
It means steady advancement in the economic development of the underdeveloped areas of the world.
EAST-WEST TRADE TRENDSHAROLD E. STASSEN
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WORDS RELATED TO UNDERDEVELOPED

  • arrested
  • behind
  • checked
  • delayed
  • dense
  • dull
  • feeble-minded
  • imbecile
  • late
  • moronic
  • sluggish
  • stupid
  • subnormal
  • tardy
  • underdeveloped
  • underprivileged
  • undeveloped
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.