say it: uhn-dur-di-VEL-uhpt
underdeveloped is an adjective meaning "relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply". It carries 2 recorded senses.
relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply
not yet fully developed
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for underdeveloped come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.