underdeveloped
3
4.3
- adjective
- /ˌʌndərdɪˈvɛləpt/
:
subdesarrollado
- Well, unfortunately my piloting skills are, shall we say, slightly underdeveloped.
- underdeveloped skills
- underdeveloped area
- underdeveloped children
There are some things that I find lacking or off base or underdeveloped as well in the book.
- There are some things that I find lacking or off base or underdeveloped as well in the book.
- Their frontal lobe is underdeveloped like you know, and that really helped me to navigate dealing loving people that were addicted to substances.
- That's part of where the tranquility comes from, being satisfied, and not just being satisfied with being some kind of underdeveloped schmuck.
Examples
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What do you find is the most underdeveloped range of motion in athletes?
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The system is already set up for this "R," and in fact, it is currently an underdeveloped part of most learning situations.
Academic text (1993) -
A majority of these students entered college with underdeveloped writing skills.
Academic text (2001) -
One of the most underdeveloped areas in the theory of international relations is alliance theory.
Academic text (1990) -
Georgia, like Russia, possesses an underdeveloped civil society.
Academic text (1997) -
As discussed, designing grade-level instruction for students with underdeveloped reading skills is a challenge.
Academic text (2012) -
Neoclassical analysts have regularly dismissed the South Korean system as "underdeveloped" for several reasons.
Academic text (1992) -
Thus, younger children with underdeveloped phonological awareness skills should be exposed to interventions whose goal is to develop rhyming skills.
Academic text (2006) -
Limited personal experience and underdeveloped problem-solving skills may hinder adaptive coping and emotion regulation.
Academic text (2005) -
The charity focuses on improving health care in underdeveloped regions of the world.
Synonyms
15
6.4
Describes a person or organization that has little experience
15
3.0
Not fully grown, like a young plant or animal
4
5.4
Not fully developed or given a clear shape
4
7.2
At an early stage before a plan or project is fully ready
3
4.2
Ideas or skills not fully formed and needing more work
3
4.4
Smaller than usual and not fully grown because of not enough food or bad conditions
A country or area that has some modern buildings and services but not all
In an early stage and not fully developed
Not growing or getting better
Not fully planned or thought through and missing important details
Antonyms
How Developed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Underdeveloped is made of under- 'not enough' and develop 'to grow' or 'become ready'. So the word describes something, like a child's skill or a new technology, that has not yet grown to the normal or advanced level.