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Recent Examples of underdeveloped
The Act 2 swirl where post-flight Larry becomes a media curiosity feels underdeveloped.
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Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
Popoola emphasizes that while Africa has the resources, workforce, and untapped potential the global economy needs, underdeveloped intermediary systems and fragmented regulations remain barriers to entry.
—Tim Clark, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Even for well-meaning, high-performing leaders, the ability to pass the baton is a rare and often underdeveloped skill.
—Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Their business faces other barriers: A plot point that sees the twins stealing electricity for the juke joint recalls the fact that most of the South, kept poor and underdeveloped by the demands of the segregated economy, didn’t have electricity until the New Deal, under FDR.
—Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 2 May 2025
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Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
Popoola emphasizes that while Africa has the resources, workforce, and untapped potential the global economy needs, underdeveloped intermediary systems and fragmented regulations remain barriers to entry.
—Tim Clark, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Even for well-meaning, high-performing leaders, the ability to pass the baton is a rare and often underdeveloped skill.
—Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Their business faces other barriers: A plot point that sees the twins stealing electricity for the juke joint recalls the fact that most of the South, kept poor and underdeveloped by the demands of the segregated economy, didn’t have electricity until the New Deal, under FDR.
—Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underdeveloped
Adjective
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That’s a laudable message, but there’s something frustratingly undeveloped about this love story.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
19 June 2025
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Those homes are now empty lots, not counted in the official tally of undeveloped properties.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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This backward pull can feel like nostalgia — comforting, but also quietly painful.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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The economy will not thrive on backward, barbarian technologies and our babies will suffer from the burden of debt, bad air and blackouts.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 June 2025
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“Underdeveloped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underdeveloped. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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