verb ·5 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To develop insufficiently.
2. 2
   process (a film or photographic plate) less than the required time or in an ineffective solution or at an insufficiently high temperature wordnet

Antonyms

All antonyms

overdevelop

Etymology

From under- + develop.

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