The baby weighed only 1.4 pounds and had underdeveloped lungs.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
In other words, there have been more military coups in underdeveloped than in developed countries.
Its leadership would be concentrated in more and more reduced elites from developed countries and in consistent minorities from the underdeveloped.
She still needs oxygen for her underdeveloped lungs and needs several different drugs every day.
The debate about who should pay what tax in the underdeveloped world has moved centre stage.
The West creates its power through military research, which forces underdeveloped countries to become passive consumers.
We are a poor, underdeveloped nation.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►an underdeveloped country
(=poor and developing more slowly than others)· The disease still exists, mainly in underdeveloped countries.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►country
· However, he is not so undiplomatic as to resist the horrendous hospitality of overindulgent underdeveloped countries.· This pole excludes underdeveloped countries from any participation.· I presume you wish to help underdeveloped countries but I fear you could do them considerable harm.· The West creates its power through military research, which forces underdeveloped countries to become passive consumers.· The high rates of unemployment so characteristic of underdeveloped countries make women especially vulnerable.· They are sometimes, especially in underdeveloped countries, illiterate.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY►underdeveloped country/region etc
However, he is not so undiplomatic as to resist the horrendous hospitality of overindulgent underdeveloped countries.
I presume you wish to help underdeveloped countries but I fear you could do them considerable harm.
The high rates of unemployment so characteristic of underdeveloped countries make women especially vulnerable.
The West creates its power through military research, which forces underdeveloped countries to become passive consumers.
They are sometimes, especially in underdeveloped countries, illiterate.
This pole excludes underdeveloped countries from any participation.
1underdeveloped country/region etc a country, area etc that is poor and where there is not much modern industry → developing country2not having grown or developed as much as is usual or necessary: a baby born with underdeveloped kidneys—underdevelopment noun [uncountable]