underdevelopment

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noun

1. state of inadequate development
- much poverty can be traced to the underdevelopment of industry
• Hypernyms:
development
2. (photography) inadequate processing of film resulting in inadequate contrast
• Derivationally related forms:
underdevelop
• Topics:
photography, picture taking
• Hypernyms:
development, developing