underdevelop

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verb

To develop insufficiently.

OriginEnglish develop ← French développer ← Middle English under- →
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Meanings

verbunderdevelop (third-person singular simple present underdevelops, present participle underdeveloping, simple past and past participle underdeveloped)

present singular third person underdevelops · participle present underdeveloping · participle past underdeveloped · past underdeveloped

  1. To develop insufficiently.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Frenchdévelopper
  13. Englishdevelop
  14. Englishunderdevelop

From under- + develop.

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Translations

Italian sottosviluppare
  • sottosviluppareTranslations
Polish rozwijać niewystarczająco, rozwinąć niewystarczająco
  • rozwijać niewystarczającoTranslations
  • rozwinąć niewystarczającoTranslations
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APA

underdevelop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underdevelop

MLA

“underdevelop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underdevelop. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underdevelop,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underdevelop.

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