Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A condition of incomplete or arrested development.
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- noun The condition of being insufficiently
developed
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- noun state of inadequate development
- noun (photography) inadequate processing of film resulting in inadequate contrast
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Examples
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The cause of Latin American underdevelopment in this view is not due to its political or social structures or any other internal factor but is completely external.
YID With LID Sammy Benoit 2009
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Meanwhile, the countries of the Third World are experiencing more than ever the tragedy of underdevelopment, which is becoming more serious with each passing day.
Centesimus Annus 2008
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The work done around the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), is an acknowledgement that we must build partnerships on the continent to address the challenges of poverty and underdevelopment, which is as much
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"KwaZulu/Natal is plagued by severe social and economic underdevelopment, which is not helped by a sluggish provincial government which has removed itself from co-operation with the rest of the country."
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KwaZulu/Natal is plagued by severe social and economic underdevelopment, which is not helped by a sluggish provincial government, which has removed itself from cooperation with the rest of the country.
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KwaZulu/Natal is plagued by severe social and economic underdevelopment, which is not helped by a sluggish provincial government, which has removed itself from cooperation with the rest of the country.
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The entire Third World, Bangladesh, India, countries from all continents, are suffering the consequences of the so-called underdevelopment, which resulted from colonialism in the past centuries and the exploitation which we suffered.
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There is so-called underdevelopment because there is an ever-widening gap between underdevelopment and so-called development.
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Giving Muslim states nuclear power, he insists, is critical to prevent "a conflict between Islam and the West," to help Muslim states fend off "underdevelopment," and to prevent an "explosion of terrorism."
Atomic Non-Allies 2008
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Giving Muslim states nuclear power, he insists, is critical to prevent "a conflict between Islam and the West," to help Muslim states fend off "underdevelopment," and to prevent an "explosion of terrorism."
Atomic 2008
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