UNDEVELOPED Synonyms: 95 Similar and Opposite Words

undeveloped

adjective

Definition of undeveloped

as in underdeveloped

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as in uncultivated

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Recent Examples of undeveloped The Roadless Rule was adopted in 2001 after years of public debate over how much of the country’s remaining undeveloped national forest land should be protected from roads and commercial development. — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026 At 16 feet, flooding of low-lying undeveloped areas along the creek begins. — Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026 Back then, the town was a rural, rapidly industrializing fringe of Hangzhou with a largely undeveloped archaeological site that featured Neolithic tombs and settlements buried deep beneath farmland. — Afra Wang, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2026 Greenland Mines, meanwhile, is a natural resources company working on the Skaergaard Project, which ranks among the world’s largest undeveloped palladium, gold and platinum deposits. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for undeveloped

Recent Examples of Synonyms for undeveloped

Adjective

Many countries are too unstable, underdeveloped, or corrupt to attract foreign capital and will likely stay trapped in stagnation.

— Jared Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2026
Though the musical material doesn’t fully showcase Benanti’s Broadway talent and the solo work feels underdeveloped, her sharp, self-deprecating performance wins the audience over.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of underdeveloped

Adjective

From blazing stars and diminutive buttercups to uncultivated roses and sunflowers, the Midwest is blessed with many gorgeous native wildflowers.

— Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Midwest Living, 20 Apr. 2026
Down these uncultivated paths, Horace’s Lydia, Tibullus’s Delia, and Ovid’s Corinna had passed, but only Virgil’s Philomela remained.

— Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026

Definition of uncultivated

Adjective

BodyEnergy introduced a new version of its motorless flat treadmill with Ab-drive, featuring a front abdominal roller that enables natural backward stride propulsion to biomechanically mimic running outdoors.

— TIME Staff, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Miami Dolphins quarterback Malik Willis called the Week 4 loss a backward step.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of backward

Adjective

In a Tuesday statement, Purdue University officials said researchers came across at least four coconut crabs while clearing an overgrown trail to the island's lagoon.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
The overgrown border or fence line adjacent to a field or food plot likewise can be good.

— Colin Moore, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of overgrown

Adjective

In the hands of the Great Gulf Group, Shift has been untended since it was built, an object of neglect.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
In recent decades, meanwhile, some rural communities have shifted away from farming or have emptied out, leaving behind untended lands where vegetation runs rampant.

— Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of untended

Adjective

Harris also helped shape the movie’s imagination sequences, pushing Pixar’s artists toward more spontaneous, painterly images rather than the studio’s usual meticulous realism.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Johnson’s initial connection with EY CEO and Global Chair Janet Truncale was a spontaneous one.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of spontaneous

Adjective

The study, led by researchers at the University of Nottingham and Tohoku University in Japan, examined wild Euhadra snails to understand the biological mechanisms behind this phenomenon, known as chirality.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
The leaves aren’t the only things wild with color this season.

— Ciarra Lorren Zatorski, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2026

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