Underdeveloped

Synonyms for "underdeveloped" (90 found)

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Closest matches (18)

Strong matches (27)

in arrearin arrearsin defaultin embryoin ovoin short supplyin the roughinadequateincompleteinfantlackingmissingneedingoversimplepartpartial
Adjective(6 words)
incompletejuvenile fishless developedless developed arealess developed personlow development
Noun(2 words)
languishingless mature
Adverb(3 words)
less developed societyless mature peopleless mature persons

Related words (45)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

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More general

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areaconditiondevelopment leveleconomic conditiongrouphuman beingpersonqualityregionsocioeconomic statusstate of development

More specific

14 entries
developmentally delayed childemerging marketimmature tissueincomplete formationleast developed countrylow income countryperipheral economyperipheral regionphysically underdeveloped personremote regionrural areastunted growthstunted infantundeveloped organ

Collocations

9 entries
underdeveloped areaunderdeveloped countryunderdeveloped economyunderdeveloped infrastructureunderdeveloped marketunderdeveloped marketsunderdeveloped nationunderdeveloped regionunderdeveloped regions

Inflections

2 entries
more underdevelopedmost underdeveloped

Derivations

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similar

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Children below the age of 8 have an underdeveloped frontal lobe that might cause them to be unable to separate reality from fantasy. Some of them might believe that there are monsters in their closet or under the bed, for example. They are also sometimes unable to distinguish dreams from reality.

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She was born with underdeveloped lungs, but eventually a few steroid shots set her straight.

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I found the supporting characters rather underdeveloped.

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This area is still underdeveloped because of a lack of interest from the government.

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