Developed country

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A high-income country with an advanced, industrialized economy.

    "Near-synonym: HIC"

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civilized countryindustrialized countrymore developed country

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"We can't imagine what life would be like without all of these critical pieces of the nation's infrastructure. Without them, both economic growth and personal mobility would have been grievously affected, and the UK would be condemned to slide down towards "less developed country" status."

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