Undeveloped
[ʌndɪ'veləpt] or [,ʌndɪ'vɛləpt]
Definition
(adj.) not developed; 'courses in interior design were rare and undeveloped'; 'undeveloped social awareness' .
Editor: Timmy--From WordNet
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Latent, in embryo.
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Definition
adj. not developed.
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Examples
- There is a great deal of undeveloped liberal feeling in the world, after all! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Of course these peoples out of Asia were totally illiterate and artistically undeveloped. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Huge possibilities have remained undeveloped because of the opposition of owners, forestallers, and speculators to their economical exploitation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The same unimaginative quality made the Romans leave the seaways of the Mediterranean undeveloped. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This may seem to be a mere truism--saying that a being can develop only in some point in which he is undeveloped. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Russia was vast, but undeveloped; and the British Empire was mighty only on the sea. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In undeveloped social groups, we find very little formal teaching and training. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Such an apparatus was necessarily undeveloped, and was interesting only from a scientific point of view. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- They wanted so little that trade was undeveloped. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Before us lies an undeveloped land of opportunity which is destined to play an important part in the growth and welfare of the human race. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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