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The condition develops before birth if a pregnant cat is exposed to the feline panleukopenia virus, leaving the kitten's cerebellum underdeveloped.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underdeveloped
Adjective
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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
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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
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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
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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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