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be underdeveloped
adjective
Immature and not fully developed
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"In the past, the government wanted to fight against the citizens; they wanted this country to be underdeveloped.
In documenting these factors, this paper adds significantly to current knowledge on the factors that shape place of death preference, a field of enquiry acknowledged to be underdeveloped (J. Palliative Med. 3 (2000) 287).
Disputes over debt were common, and Bankrupts and Usurers of Imperial Russia offers close readings of legal cases to argue that Russian courts—usually thought to be underdeveloped in this era provided an effective forum for defining and protecting private property interests.
Partly because education levels are low, their cognitive skills tend to be underdeveloped.
During the 1970s, Althusser continued the revisions begun in 1967 and elaborated other Marxian ideas he believed to be underdeveloped.
The insecticide synergist PBO is listed among the top 10 chemicals detected in indoor dust; a systematic assessment of risks from PBO exposure, as for many toxicants unfortunately, may be underdeveloped when important biological targets that can cause toxicity are unknown.
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Each is underdeveloped.
But the industry is underdeveloped.
The global polity is underdeveloped by comparison.
At present, the assessment of value for money is "underdeveloped".
The relationship between Dufresne and Red is underdeveloped.
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