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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are underdeveloped" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that has not reached its full potential or has not been fully developed, often in contexts related to skills, ideas, or regions.
Example: "The educational programs in some rural areas are underdeveloped, leading to significant gaps in student learning."
Alternatives: "are lacking development" or "are not fully developed."
Dictionary
are underdeveloped
adjective
Immature and not fully developed
synonyms
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Services, the backbone of all modern economies, are underdeveloped.
In many universities the infrastructures to attract and deal with foreign students and staff are underdeveloped.
The characters are underdeveloped, the narrative contrived, the tittering preoccupation with breasts is tedious.
But its tourist industry and its entire service culture are underdeveloped.
The routes to friendship, fun, intimacy and love are underdeveloped or buried under cognitive roadblocks.
Premature babies need oxygen because their lungs are underdeveloped and they often need help breathing.
In hypoplastic left heart syndrome, the left-sided heart chambers, including the aorta, are underdeveloped.
Away from the main island of Java, road and rail networks are underdeveloped.
Her extended consideration of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" is trenchant, but other attempts are underdeveloped.
Knowledge networks are underdeveloped in emerging industries, and public support for research projects is dispersed.
"One explanation is that when institutions and technology are underdeveloped, honesty is important as a substitute for formal contract enforcement.
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