underdeveloped

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Recent Examples of underdeveloped The condition develops before birth if a pregnant cat is exposed to the feline panleukopenia virus, leaving the kitten's cerebellum underdeveloped. Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025 Access to electricity in rural areas is often constrained by underdeveloped transmission networks. CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025 Much of the cast is underdeveloped; an improbable misunderstanding about Mare’s sexuality is somehow stretched into a multi-episode story line. Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025 Ecclestone was removed as the championship’s boss, and his successors were staggered to see how underdeveloped F1’s marketing was overall. Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for underdeveloped
Recent Examples of Synonyms for underdeveloped
Adjective
  • The most popular beaches for swimming and lounging are dotted with brightly colored umbrellas and chairs, but there are also those that are a bit more remote and undeveloped.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2025
  • In Alameda, officials also offered a purchase option for a 13-acre plot of prime, undeveloped real estate on the city’s Alameda Point island, home to the former Naval Air Station.
    Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Inniss had a 10-yard return, but his biggest play was a backward pass to Lorenzo Styles on a punt that led to a 36-yard return.
    Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The team ran scenarios, including a backward push to induce forward pitching and a lateral force that caused rolling, and found the controller could stabilise the robot in both cases.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Underdeveloped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underdeveloped. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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