Developing country
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A country with low to medium income although substantial industrialization; (sometimes derogatory) a country with less industrial base, and thus often consequently widespread poverty and low Human Development Index (HDI).
"Near-synonym: LMIC"
- 2 a country that is poor and whose citizens are mostly agricultural workers but that wants to become more advanced socially and economically wordnet