1. State of inadequate development
   "much poverty can be traced to the underdevelopment of industry" 
2. (photography) inadequate processing of film resulting in inadequate contrast

Derived forms: underdevelopments

See also: underdevelop

Type of: developing, development

Encyclopedia: Underdevelopment

• margay
• margay cat
• marge
• margent
• margin
• margin account
• margin call
• margin of error
• margin of profit
• margin of safety
• marginal
• marginal cost
• marginal placentation
• marginal utility
• marginal wood fern
• marginalia
• marginalisation
• marginalise
• marginality
• marginalization
• marginalize
• marginally
• marginate
• margined
• Marginocephalia