underdeveloped

About 3.39 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective immature and not fully developed
2. adjective having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication
3. adjective of a film that has had insufficient development before being fixed
4. verb simple past and past participle of underdevelop

Similar words

nonindustrial immature developing flat insufficient insufficiency inadequate deficient disadvantaged weak

Often followed by

countries areas country nations world and regions economies economy

Word family

underdevelopment underdevelopments