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Underdevelopment

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Noun

1. underdevelopment

state of inadequate development

Example Sentences:
'much poverty can be traced to the underdevelopment of industry'

2. underdevelopment

(photography) inadequate processing of film resulting in inadequate contrast

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Underdevelopment

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verb
(transitive) photography
to process (a film, plate, or paper) in developer for less than the required time, or at too low a temperature, or in an exhausted solution

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Underdevelopment

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verb transitive
1. 
to develop to a point below what is needed
2.  Photography
to develop (a film, plate, etc.) for too short a time or with too weak a developer

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Underdevelopment

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adj.
1. Not fully developed: seeds with underdeveloped embryos.
2. Processed in too weak a developing solution, or for too short a time, or at too low a temperature to produce a normal degree of contrast. Used of film.
3. Having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication within the contemporary range of possibility; developing: underdeveloped countries.

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