(of a country, society, etc.) having few industries and a low standard of living
compareDEVELOPED, DEVELOPING, UNDEVELOPED
HELPNOTE 'A developing country' is now the usual expression used.
underdevelopment noun [U]
Rate this entry
About this entry
This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of underdeveloped come from?
This entry for underdeveloped is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is underdeveloped a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, underdeveloped is tagged as adjective.
Does underdeveloped appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — underdeveloped appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
What is Lughet?
Lughet is a free trilingual dictionary covering nearly five million entries across Uyghur, Chinese, and English, drawn from more than ten source dictionaries and corpora.
