UNDERDEVELOPMENT Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word underdevelopment. (close relations)
Best Alternatives
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| arrears | nounn | |||||
noun • the state of being behind in payments • an unpaid overdue debt | ||||||
| backwardness | nounn | |||||
noun • lack of normal development of intellectual capacities | ||||||
| barbarism | nounn | |||||
noun • a brutal barbarous savage act | ||||||
| deprivation | nounn | |||||
noun • a state of extreme poverty • the disadvantage that results from losing something • act of depriving someone of food or money or rights | ||||||
| immaturity | nounn | |||||
noun • not having reached maturity | ||||||
| impotence | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble • an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate | ||||||
| lagging | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
noun • insulation used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat | ||||||
| lowness | nounn | |||||
noun • a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation • a feeling of low spirits • the quality of being low; lacking height • a low or small degree of any quality (amount or force or temperature etc.) | ||||||
| poverty | nounn | |||||
noun • the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions | ||||||
| primitiveness | nounn | |||||
noun • a wild or unrefined state | ||||||
| rawness | nounn | |||||
noun • a chilly dampness • the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect • a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched) • lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience | ||||||
| retardation | nounn | |||||
noun • a decrease in rate of change • the extent to which something is delayed or held back • any agent that retards or delays or hinders • lack of normal development of intellectual capacities • the act of slowing down or falling behind | ||||||
| retrogression | nounn | |||||
noun • passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form • returning to a former state | ||||||
| stagnation | nounn | |||||
noun • a state of inactivity (in business or art etc) • inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation | ||||||
