underdeveloped

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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

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

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