Associations to the word «Underdevelopment»

Wiktionary

UNDERDEVELOPMENT, noun. The condition of being insufficiently developed

Dictionary definition

UNDERDEVELOPMENT, noun. State of inadequate development; "much poverty can be traced to the underdevelopment of industry".
UNDERDEVELOPMENT, noun. (photography) inadequate processing of film resulting in inadequate contrast.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.