undeveloped

adjective

Definition of undevelopednext
1
as in underdeveloped

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2
as in uncultivated

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Recent Examples of undeveloped The county owns the mostly undeveloped plot of land next to Aquatica. — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026 Friends of Big Bear Valley launched it in February to stop the Moon Camp development on what conservationists call the last undeveloped sliver of Big Bear Lake’s shoreline. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026 Lerner said the district owns between 40 and 50 acres of undeveloped park land of varying sizes in Waukegan. — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026 And there are limited expanses of undeveloped coastal locations along the Gulf of Mexico and southern Atlantic Ocean in the United States. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for undeveloped
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undeveloped
  1. underdeveloped
  2. uncultivated
  3. backward
  4. untamed
  5. overgrown
  6. untended
  7. spontaneous
  8. wild
Adjective
  • In a Texas hospital this week, doctors performed a complex, high-risk, open-heart surgery on a 6-day-old boy born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a rare congenital condition that rendered part of his heart underdeveloped.
    — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The movie’s only weak link is an underdeveloped romantic subplot involving CODA’s Emilia Jones.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of underdeveloped
Adjective
  • From blazing stars and diminutive buttercups to uncultivated roses and sunflowers, the Midwest is blessed with many gorgeous native wildflowers.
    — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Midwest Living, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Down these uncultivated paths, Horace’s Lydia, Tibullus’s Delia, and Ovid’s Corinna had passed, but only Virgil’s Philomela remained.
    — Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Definition of uncultivated
Adjective
  • Analysts say the company is reaping the benefits of scale and backward integration.
    — Anu Raghunathan, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • During his socialist/communist rule, China was a backward country that could not feed or clothe its people.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of backward
Adjective
  • But the last of these wins came in 1969, when a privately entered—and at that point outdated—GT40 managed to beat Porsche’s still-untamed 917 on the German car’s debut.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Many have traveled for the horses that live at Nihi Sumba—the ultra-luxurious hotel settled at the shoreline on this wildly untamed Indonesian island—but never in this particular way.
    — Charley Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of untamed
Adjective
  • The area was heavily overgrown with dense vegetation, which created poor visibility and increased the risk of surprising wildlife, the department said.
    — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Kyser also suggests avoiding oversized shrubs, dense planting beds, and overgrown greenery that can make a compact space feel closed in.
    — Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of overgrown
Adjective
  • Beyond the ancestral house, Singh says the village itself, with its crumbling 19th-century school building and untended lanes, reshaped the narrative during location scouting.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Earlier this month, the county Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a measure aimed at ensuring that the thousands of empty lots in unincorporated Altadena and Sunset Mesa, a small residential enclave bordering Pacific Palisades, are not left untended.
    — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
Definition of untended
Adjective
  • How spontaneous is the crew in choosing to, say, send you off on a commuter train in Mumbai?
    — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The team also showed that the spontaneous mode could act as a magnonic parametric amplifier, producing gains of up to 40 decibels.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of spontaneous
Adjective
  • While that's wild in itself, the odds are high the resulting damage to infrastructure will lead to a discharge of raw sewage into the water.
    — John Tufts, IndyStar, 19 Aug. 2026
  • As the five members – Jiyu, Leesol, Sui, Haum, and Kya – entered the stage, the crowd went wild.
    — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of wild

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