Verb
- 1. underdevelop, develop
- usage: process (a film or photographic plate) less than the required time or in an ineffective solution or at an insufficiently high temperature; "These photos are underdeveloped"
Adjective
- 1. developing, underdeveloped, nonindustrial (vs. industrial)
- usage: relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply
- 2. underdeveloped, immature (vs. mature)
- usage: not yet fully developed
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