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 After school hours, makeshift football pitches appear suddenly on dusty patches of land while small clearings and undeveloped plots become informal playgrounds. — Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Aug. 2026 Some speakers were skeptical the city would be able to keep the empty land undeveloped. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026 However, eagle-eyed convention-goers pointed out that there are two paths at the far edge of the land leading toward an area that’s currently undeveloped. — Mackenzie Schmidt, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026 Candice and her family took seven plane rides to reach this remarkably undeveloped island, which runs for miles through dense tropical foliage. — Charley Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for undeveloped

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Adjective

Brittany Nicole Sponenberg’s son has been in a neonatal intensive care unit in Danville, Pennsylvania, for almost two months while his underdeveloped lungs and gut grew strong enough to handle regular breathing and feeding.

— Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Across state and federal lands, accommodations designated for Black Americans were routinely and nakedly inferior, relegated to remote, underdeveloped parcels or mosquito-prone swamplands.

— Kimmie Gordon, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 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

Despite being tightly controlled, technologically backward, and subject to crippling Western trade embargoes, the country has recorded year-on-year GDP growth of more than 3%, of which many advanced economies could only dream.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 25 Aug. 2026
And while Dillagence 2 looks backward, Rhymes remains acutely interested in what’s happening next.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of backward

Adjective

Beyond the conventional routes lie some of the world’s most striking volcanic highlands, black-sand beaches, and untamed wilderness—landscapes that reward those willing to venture farther afield.

— Gwen Nicol, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2026
Milagros Pica Quiñones’ small concrete home is an untamed menagerie of bottles, paint buckets, bleach and laundry detergent jugs.

— Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of untamed

Adjective

Checking weatherstripping around doors and windows, inspecting outdoor faucets, trimming overgrown trees and servicing HVAC systems can help prevent unexpected issues down the line.

— Alora Bopray, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Without regular weeding, native plants can become overgrown and choked by the same non-native weeds that grow everywhere else.

— Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of overgrown

Adjective

Beyond the ancestral house, Singh says the village itself, with its crumbling 19th-century school building and untended lanes, reshaped the narrative during location scouting.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Aug. 2026
Earlier this month, the county Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a measure aimed at ensuring that the thousands of empty lots in unincorporated Altadena and Sunset Mesa, a small residential enclave bordering Pacific Palisades, are not left untended.

— Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026

Definition of untended

Adjective

Because of spontaneous and piezoelectric polarization in its crystal structure, GaN heterostructures can naturally induce extremely thin sheets of mobile electrons and holes.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
With a vehicle this size, 180 hp isn't exactly a recipe for spontaneous joy.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of spontaneous

Adjective

The surging Phillies moved into a tie for the first NL wild-card position entering Monday, though the Cubs hold the season series tiebreaker over Philadelphia.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
San Diego leads Arizona by a half-game in the race for the National League’s final wild-card spot.

— Dennis Lin, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026

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