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underdevelop

un·der·de·vel·op
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uhn-der-di-vel-uh p]
    • /ˌʌn dər dɪˈvɛl əp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uhn-der-di-vel-uh p]
    • /ˌʌn dər dɪˈvɛl əp/

Definitions of underdevelop word

  • verb with object underdevelop to develop (something) short of the required amount: to underdevelop film. 1
  • verb underdevelop to process (a film, plate, or paper) in developer for less than the required time, or at too low a temperature, or in an exhausted solution 0
  • verb transitive underdevelop to develop to a point below what is needed 0
  • verb transitive underdevelop to develop (a film, plate, etc.) for too short a time or with too weak a developer 0
  • verb underdevelop To develop insufficiently. 0

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Parts of speech for Underdevelop

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adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
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underdevelop popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for underdevelop

noun underdevelop

  • abjection — an abject state or condition
  • aridities — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
  • aridity — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
  • barrenness — not producing or incapable of producing offspring; sterile: a barren woman.
  • bleakness — bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain.

Antonyms for underdevelop

noun underdevelop

  • cancroid — resembling a cancerous growth
  • fungi — a taxonomic kingdom, or in some classification schemes a division of the kingdom Plantae, comprising all the fungus groups and sometimes also the slime molds.
  • fungus — any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single-celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic material in which they grow, comprising the mushrooms, molds, mildews, smuts, rusts, and yeasts, and classified in the kingdom Fungi or, in some classification systems, in the division Fungi (Thallophyta) of the kingdom Plantae.
  • germination — to begin to grow or develop.

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