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undeveloped

undeveloped

3 4.2
Ideas or skills not fully formed and needing more work
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌndɪˈvɛləpt/
translation icon : poco desarrollado
  • Taxonomy development in respect of such items is still relatively undeveloped.
  • undeveloped area
  • still undeveloped

They have stuff like adults, but their inner worlds can often remain quite undeveloped.

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Examples

  • His frontal lobe remains in an undeveloped state.

  • The company's undeveloped product ideas could lead to innovative solutions in the future.

  • Before that, there was no need of a word at all, because again, there were only a few undeveloped ideas in very many great minds.

  • Many were still undeveloped when the next survey of the area was undertaken in 1923.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Love for little princes, it must be admitted, is a noble sentiment that has always remained undeveloped in me.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • For Aristotle, it has to do with this rational part of the human soul or mind being either undeveloped or being underdeveloped.

  • A somewhat undeveloped area is the influence of gender prejudice or sexism.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Your competence in the domain of self-promotion is at present woefully undeveloped.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The park remains largely undeveloped, preserving its natural landscape for wildlife.

  • Many students have undeveloped skills that can be nurtured through proper training.

Synonyms

nascent
vsundeveloped
  • Formal
16 8.1

Beginning to exist and showing signs of future growth

focuses on incomplete formation rather than on future promise
immature
vsundeveloped
15 3.0

Not fully grown, like a young plant or animal

focuses on incomplete maturity rather than lack of refinement or completion
unformed
vsundeveloped
4 5.4

Not fully developed or given a clear shape

is broader covering lack of growth or refinement not just shape
embryonic
vsundeveloped
4 7.2

At an early stage before a plan or project is fully ready

is broader applying to any not fully formed or refined state
underdeveloped
vsundeveloped
3 4.3

Not grown enough to reach the normal size, skill, or quality

stresses incomplete development but can imply being below normal standard
unimproved
vsundeveloped
2 6.5

Land or property left in its natural state and not developed

refers to lack of improvement or value change rather than growth
unfledged
vsundeveloped
1 9.5

Inexperienced and not fully trained, often a young person or group

emphasizes immaturity and inexperience rather than general incompleteness
ungrown
vsundeveloped
3.9

Not yet fully developed or ready

focuses more generally on lack of development beyond physical growth
semideveloped
vsundeveloped
5.2

A country or area that has some modern buildings and services but not all

contrasts by naming lack of full development rather than total absence
embryonated
vsundeveloped
8.8

In an early stage and not fully developed

describes general lack of growth but emphasizes embryonic condition specifically
incunable
vsundeveloped
9.9

In the earliest stage of development and not fully formed

means general lack of development without stressing an early historical quality

Antonyms

379 4.0

At a very high level of skill, knowledge, or development

91 3.5

To become fully grown or developed

2.3

Being more complete and useful after growth or change

How Developed

mature
64 3.4
developed
2.3
undeveloped
3 4.2

Surface Forms

undeveloped positive

Morphology

undeveloped = developed (transparent) = un + develop + ed

Formed by adding the negative prefix 'un-' to 'developed'; meaning is directly 'not developed'.

Etymology

Undeveloped comes from un- ('not') and develop ('to grow' or 'to unfold'). So something undeveloped has not yet grown, been finished, or become fully formed.