Related Words for underdevelopment

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Word	Syllables	Categories
backwardness	/xx	Noun
malnutrition	xx/x	Noun
poverty	/xx	Noun
illiteracy	x/xxx	Noun
development	x/xx	Noun
colonialism	x/xxxx	Noun
insecurity	xx/xx	Noun
inefficiency	xx/xx	Noun
marginalization	xxxx/x	Noun
inadequacy	x/xxx	Noun
instability	xx/xx	Noun
stagnation	x/x	Noun
exploitation	xx/x	Noun
disempowerment	xx/xx	Noun
inequality	xx/xx	Noun
maladjustment	xx/x	Noun
corruption	x/x	Noun
undernutrition	xxx/x	Noun
impoverishment	x/xx	Noun
neocolonialism	xxx/xxxx	Noun
oppression	x/x	Noun
dislocation	x//x	Noun
injustice	x/x	Noun
mismanagement	x/xx	Noun
alienation	xxx/x	Noun
underachievement	/xx/x	Noun
industrialization	xxxxx/x	Noun
deformity	x/xx	Noun
imperialism	x/xxxx	Noun
disunity	x/xx	Noun
deprivation	xx/x	Noun
degeneration	xxx/x	Noun
economic	xx/x	Noun, Adjective
retardation	xx/x	Noun
developmental	xxx/x	Adjective
disorganization	xxxx/x	Noun
underperformance	xxx/x	Noun
hopelessness	/xx	Noun
malformation	xx/x	Noun
malaise	x/	Noun
criminality	xx/xx	Noun
unevenness	x/xx	Noun
disjuncture	x/x	Noun
immaturity	xx/xx	Noun
misery	/xx	Noun
atrophy	/xx	Noun
marginality	/x/xx	Noun
shortcoming	/xx	Noun
urbanization	xxx/x	Noun
underemployment	xxx/x	Noun
destitution	/xxx	Noun
incompetency	x/xxx	Noun
insufficiency	xx/xx	Noun
privation	x/x	Noun
underweight	/xx	Noun
scarcity	/xx	Noun
dearth	/	Noun
weakness	/x	Noun
disrepair	xx/	Noun
unemployment	xx/x	Noun
subordination	xxx/x	Noun
beckford	/x	Name
brett	/	Name
haber	/x	Name
perpetuates	x/xx	Verb
liquidating	/xxx	Verb
overexposure	xxx/x	Noun
frank	/	Name
kay	/	Name
overpopulation	xxxx/x	Noun
dependency	x/xx	Noun
overcoming	/xxx	Verb
capitalism	/xxxx	Noun
maxilla	x/x	Noun
myrdal	/x	Name
traditionalism	x/xxxx	Noun
peasantry	/xx	Noun
analysing	x/xx	Verb
kenya	/x	Name
panacea	xx/x	Noun
mandible	/xx	Noun
combined	x/	Adjective
shackles	/x	Noun
jamaica	x/x	Name
periphery	x/xx	Noun
bernstein	/x	Name
explaining	x/x	Verb
genital	/xx	Adjective
rhodes	/	Name
condyle	xx	Noun
deepened	/x	Verb
genitalia	xx/x	Noun
capitalist	/xxx	Adjective
blame	/	Verb
dependence	x/x	Noun
latin	/x	Name
cursed	/	Verb
perpetual	x/xx	Adjective
stewart	/x	Name
remittances	x/xx	Noun
combat	/x	Verb
persistent	x/x	Adjective
relative	/xx	Adjective
escaping	x/x	Verb
causes	/x	Noun
symptom	/x	Noun
sociology	xx/xx	Noun
continued	x/x	Adjective
jaw	/	Noun
attributes	/xx	Verb
advancement	x/x	Noun
backlog	/x	Noun, Verb
conflict	/x	Noun, Verb
consociational	x/x/xx	Adjective
corporatist	/xxx	Noun, Adjective
delay	x/	Noun, Verb
dialectic	xx/x	Noun, Adjective
evolutionist	xx/xx	Noun
failure	/x	Noun
fulfillment	x/x	Noun
functionalist	/xxx	Adjective, Noun
institutionalist	xx/xxx	Adjective, Noun
internalization	x/xx/x	Noun
keynesian	/xx	Adjective, Noun
malthusian	/xxx	Adjective, Noun
marxian	/xx	Adjective, Name
retrogression	/x/x	Noun
ricardian	x/xx	Adjective, Name
undeveloped	xx/x	Adjective
unrest	x/	Noun
bulletproof	/xx	Adjective, Verb
stonewall	/x	Name, Verb, Adjective
shirtless	/x	Adjective
no	/	Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore	xx/	Adverb
die	/	Verb, Noun
sorta	/x	Adverb
milestone	/x	Noun, Verb
breakeven	/xx	Verb, Noun, Adjective