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

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke