underdevelopment
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5.0
- noun
- /ˌʌndərdɪˈvɛləpmənt/
:
subdesarrollo
- Economic underdevelopment often leads to widespread poverty and limited access to education.
- economic underdevelopment
- underdevelopment and poverty
- problems of underdevelopment
Examples
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For Landes, it fits into his larger theory absolving Europeans of any significant blame for underdevelopment.
Academic text (1999) -
Russia's underdevelopment and its backwardness were on display for all the world to see.
Academic text (2008) -
More than ever, therefore, development and underdevelopment must be a study in political economy.
Academic text (1993) -
In short, they place the blame for underdevelopment anywhere but on Latin America itself.
Academic text (2011) -
The population data reveal the demographic impact of ill health and economic underdevelopment.
Academic text (1991) -
The climate remains extreme, and the region still suffers from elevated levels of poverty and underdevelopment.
Academic text (2011) -
The low level of economic activities that characterize the Iraqi economy represents the very essence of underdevelopment.
Academic text (1990) -
Northeast Brazil still falls short of eradicating poverty, misery, and underdevelopment.
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Many also sought to explain the dynamics of internal inequality by drawing analogies to colonialism and the underdevelopment that it sustained.
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The Nationalist government had rigidly delineated ethnic divisions through forced removals to areas designated as "homelands," where underdevelopment was deliberately maintained.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
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6.3
Being less developed than others in education, money, or social life
A lack of normal growth in a person, animal, or system
Antonyms
How Developed
Surface Forms
Morphology
underdevelopment = development (transparent) = under + develop + ment
The meaning is directly derived from 'under' + 'development' meaning insufficient or inadequate development in contexts such as economics.
Etymology
Underdevelopment comes from the parts under- meaning 'not enough' or 'below' and development, from develop, meaning 'to grow' or 'become fuller'. So underdevelopment says something has not grown or advanced enough, which is why we use it for poor economic, social, or physical progress.