What does underdeveloped mean?

underdeveloped means "relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in underdeveloped?

underdeveloped has 5 syllables: un-der-deve-lop-ed. The stress falls on "lop". In IPA it is /ˌʌndɚdɪˈvɛləpt/.

What is another word for underdeveloped?

Close synonyms include developing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is underdeveloped a common word?

underdeveloped is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with underdeveloped?

2 words rhyme with underdeveloped. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Underdeveloped — meaning and pronunciation

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply
Synonymsdeveloping
Similarnonindustrial
2.
not yet fully developed
Similarimmature

Questions about underdeveloped

What does underdeveloped mean?: underdeveloped means "relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

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