What is another word for underdeveloped?
Pronunciation:
[ ˌʌndədɪvˈɛləpt], [ ˌʌndədɪvˈɛləpt], [ ˌʌ_n_d_ə_d_ɪ_v_ˈɛ_l_ə_p_t]
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Similar words for underdeveloped:
- all (adjective)
- backward (adjective)
- half-baked (adjective)
- immature (adjective)
- latent (adjective)
- not developed (adjective)
- not fully developed (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- primitive (adjective)
- simple-minded (adjective)
- undeveloped (adjective)
- unprogressive (adjective)
- backward (noun)
- flat (noun)
- nonindustrial (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other synonyms
- backward
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
How to use "underdeveloped" in context?
Synonyms for Underdeveloped:
adj.
• all (adjective) • backward (adjective) • half-baked (adjective)- more boneheaded,
- short sighted,
- in-discreet,
- more ill-conceived,
- most ill-conceived,
- ill conceived,
- most ill conceived,
- most boneheaded,
- more ill conceived,
- in discreet,
- most illconceived,
- more illconceived,
- half baked,
- illconceived.
- pre mature,
- more half-grown,
- un-finished,
- most half-grown,
- more tenderfoot,
- halfgrown,
- more infantine,
- un sophisticated,
- pre maturer,
- pre-mature,
- most kidstuff,
- un ripest,
- un-riper,
- more kidstuff,
- under-grown,
- un finished,
- kiddest,
- pre maturest,
- un-ripest,
- most half grown,
- un-ripe,
- most undergrown,
- under grown,
- un fledged,
- un seasoned,
- more half grown,
- more unfledged,
- un-seasonable,
- un-seasoned,
- pre-maturest,
- more undergrown,
- most tenderfoot,
- more halfgrown,
- un-fledged,
- un timely,
- un-timely,
- un riper,
- un timelier,
- un seasonable,
- un timeliest,
- un ripe,
- most halfgrown,
- most infantine,
- half grown,
- un-timelier,
- most unfledged,
- pre-maturer,
- un-timeliest.
- undeveloped,
- halfbaked,
- Infantine,
- witless,
- poorly planned,
- unformed,
- simple-minded,
- Kidder,
- Undergrown,
- nonliterate,
- half-grown,
- KIDSTUFF,
- ill-conceived,
- wet behind ears,
- Sophomoric,
- slow,
- immature,
- subnormal,
- latent,
- unfledged,
- untamed,
- birdbrained,
- half-baked,
- backward,
- atavistic,
- lagging,
- primitive,
- brutish,
- boneheaded,
- unprogressive,
- untutored,
- preliterate.
- pre-literate,
- un-domesticated,
- un-cultivated,
- un-learned,
- un taught,
- most nonliterate,
- most preliterate,
- more preliterate,
- more brutish,
- pre literate,
- un learned,
- more untutored,
- un-civilized,
- un domesticated,
- most untutored,
- un refined,
- un trained,
- un civilized,
- more atavistic,
- un tutored,
- non-literate,
- un tamed,
- more nonliterate,
- non literate,
- un-taught,
- un-trained,
- un-tutored,
- un-cultured,
- un cultured,
- un cultivated,
- un-refined,
- most atavistic,
- un-tamed,
- most brutish.
n.
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•
- arctic,
- coast-to-coast,
- american,
- anglo-saxon,
- baltic,
- bicoastal,
- anglo-american,
- abroad,
- anglophone,
- continental.
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- precede,
- slowly,
- stagnation.
- flat.
Other synonyms:
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- behind.
- unhewn,
- in the rough,
- Mignon,
- unripe,
- elfin,
- bantam,
- feeble,
- part,
- partial,
- sickly,
- frail,
- lacking,
- in short supply,
- Dwarfed,
- weakly,
- Needing,
- behindhand,
- in arrears,
- unindustrialized,
- wanting,
- dwarfish,
- roughhewn,
- unwrought,
- uncultured,
- dwarf,
- premature,
- unready,
- unfinished,
- untreated,
- deficient,
- unworked,
- squat,
- unpolished,
- arrested,
- runty,
- underweight,
- uncut,
- Unblown,
- Unlicked,
- underfed,
- in default,
- tiny,
- dull,
- runtish,
- scant,
- in ovo,
- ignorant,
- Unfashioned,
- reductionistic,
- rude,
- crude,
- emergent,
- uncultivated,
- childish,
- unenlightened,
- unrefined,
- scanty,
- roughcast,
- green,
- in arrear,
- patchy,
- imperfect,
- callow,
- undernourished,
- pygmy,
- inadequate,
- untimely,
- rough,
- in embryo,
- under-size,
- defective,
- reductive,
- Rudimental,
- infant,
- dense,
- unprocessed,
- early,
- midget,
- sketchy,
- scrappy,
- short,
- coarse,
- peewee,
- failing,
- Unlabored,
- slight,
- petite,
- hypoplastic,
- diminutive,
- flatter,
- oversimple,
- incomplete,
- shy,
- missing,
- puny,
- simplistic.
How to use "Underdeveloped" in context?
countries
There is a lot of debate on what makes a country "underdeveloped." Some people might say that a country is underdeveloped if it has a low GDP per capita, while others might say that a country is underdeveloped if it has a high level of poverty. There are also a variety of other factors that could be used to determine if a country is underdeveloped or not.
Here, we will focus on what some people consider to be the basics of being underdeveloped. Countries that are considered to be underdeveloped tend to have a low level of income, a low level of education, and a low level of economic growth.
Paraphrases for Underdeveloped:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
undeveloped, less-developed.
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Adjective
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Forward Entailment
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Adjective
developed.
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Adjective
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Reverse Entailment
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Adjective
under-development, least-developed.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
advanced, backwardness, deficient, depressed, developing, development, disadvantaged, embryonic, highly-developed, impoverished, inadequate, industrialised, insufficient, lagging, outdated, poverty-stricken, retrogressive, underprivileged, well-developed, retarded, out-dated, less-favoured.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
backward, poor, underdevelopment, weak.
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Adjective
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