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as in underdeveloped
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as in uncultivated
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Recent Examples of undeveloped
Stonestreet, who played Ferguson's husband across Modern Family's series run, has discussed the undeveloped spinoff centered around their Cameron Tucker (Stonestreet) and Mitchell Pritchett (Ferguson) characters.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
The island is still home to oaks covered in Spanish moss, unpaved roads, undeveloped beaches and marshes.
—Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2026
At the time, the corridor was largely undeveloped farmland.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Mar. 2026
The development, however, still looks undeveloped.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
The island is still home to oaks covered in Spanish moss, unpaved roads, undeveloped beaches and marshes.
—Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2026
At the time, the corridor was largely undeveloped farmland.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Mar. 2026
The development, however, still looks undeveloped.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undeveloped
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The organization will send Americans — many of them young people of college age or slightly over — to underdeveloped foreign countries to help as teachers, technicians, agricultural experts and in other practical ways.—
Eric Mandel,
AJC.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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Phillips, 45, was born with underdeveloped kidneys and received her first kidney transplant at 36.—
Isabel Yip,
NBC news,
1 Mar. 2026
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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
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The continent is home to 60% of the planet’s uncultivated arable land that is capable of sequestering immense amounts of carbon—yet only 16% of the global carbon credits market.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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Elsewhere in the hospital, where a measles patient is instructed to bench press, other doctors and nurses are just as backward.—
William Vaillancourt,
Rolling Stone,
15 Mar. 2026
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Justin, the believer, is instantly alarmed by how these eerie tapes escalate from cute banter to ghostly crying babies and backward incantations.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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Clay Trauernicht, a wildland fire specialist at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, warned for years about the risks of these untamed grasses.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
20 Mar. 2026
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For divers who want to bear witness to the major marine conservation area’s untamed natural beauty, liveaboard boats are the best way to log multiple dives and explore the area fully with local guides.—
Jasmine Ting,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Mar. 2026
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Smith has been pushing the association for years to clear an overgrown creek bed located between the condos and the SDCE golf course.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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Traipsing down the Hollywood Farmers Market with giant heads of lettuce and overgrown bouquets feels not only like release, but also resistance and resilience.—
Elisa Wouk Almino
Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Get Rid Of Clutter Knick-knacks, stacks of magazines, and piles of untended laundry can be magnets for dust.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
26 Dec. 2025
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For more than two centuries, such burial grounds, especially those in the former American slave states, have often been erased or obscured – paved over by parking lots, built upon by highways or private development, or simply left unknown and untended.—
Joanna Gilmore,
The Conversation,
29 Oct. 2025
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The project imagines a Joseon princess whose songs conjure spontaneous wonderlands, before a moonlit portal transports her to a mysterious palace of history’s greatest artists.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026
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More and more, following along with their wildest, most spontaneous impulses proves rewarding.—
Samuel Hyland,
Pitchfork,
17 Mar. 2026
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Guests can trek with the chef into neighboring farmland to forage alongside the Hmong hill tribe for wild herbs such as mint, butterfly pea flowers, mushrooms, and acacia leaves.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Mar. 2026
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Mikey Anderson posted a goal and an assist, Drew Doughty and Trevor Moore also scored, and Quinton Byfield had two assists for the Kings (28-24-15), who went 3-1-1 on their five-game trip and moved into a tie with the Seattle Kraken for the second wild-card playoff spot in the Western Conference.—
Daily News,
Daily News,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Undeveloped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undeveloped. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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