hyperdeveloped

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adjective

Developed to a very high degree.

Opposite
underdeveloped
OriginEnglish developed ← French développer ← Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-) →
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Meanings

adjectivehyperdeveloped (comparative more hyperdeveloped, superlative most hyperdeveloped)

comparative more hyperdeveloped · superlative most hyperdeveloped

  1. Developed to a very high degree.

    All the hyperdeveloped nations suffered equally from this slump.

    1985, Brian M Stableford, David Langford, The Third Millennium
    1 more example

    What the extreme brain theory fails to consider, however, are the adverse consequences of a hyperdeveloped capacity for empathy...

    2006, Dante Cicchetti, Donald J Cohen, Developmental Psychopathology

    Antonyms: underdeveloped

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveDeveloped to a very high degree.

Opposite
underdeveloped

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hupér
  4. Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
  5. Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
  6. Englishhyper-
  7. Frenchdévelopper
  8. Englishdevelop
  9. Englishdeveloped
  10. Englishhyperdeveloped

From hyper- + developed.

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Translations

French hyperdéveloppé
  • hyperdéveloppédeveloped to a very high degree
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Chicago

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