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Recent Examples of underdeveloped
Sure, the fight itself is visually choppy and barely supported by the underdeveloped beats that get us there.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 6 May 2026
Infrastructure as the Foundation of Scalable Innovation Across emerging markets, innovation often begins with solving immediate needs, and in Africa, those needs frequently rest within systems that are still underdeveloped or fragmented.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 1 May 2026
How To Tell If An Avocado Is Underripe All avocados are hard when underripe and have an underdeveloped flavor.
—Aly Walansky, Southern Living, 30 Apr. 2026
Almost all of us are severely underdeveloped in at least one.
—Big Think, 29 Apr. 2026
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 6 May 2026
Infrastructure as the Foundation of Scalable Innovation Across emerging markets, innovation often begins with solving immediate needs, and in Africa, those needs frequently rest within systems that are still underdeveloped or fragmented.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 1 May 2026
How To Tell If An Avocado Is Underripe All avocados are hard when underripe and have an underdeveloped flavor.
—Aly Walansky, Southern Living, 30 Apr. 2026
Almost all of us are severely underdeveloped in at least one.
—Big Think, 29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underdeveloped
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Covering 2,530 surface acres, Lake Moomaw features 43 miles of undeveloped shoreline, which means there are plenty of places to find your own little slice of secluded heaven all up and down the lake.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
16 May 2026
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What to see today Unlike many cruise ports, Icy Strait Point feels remarkably undeveloped.—
Josh Rivera,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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There's no reason to go with the worm, let alone a backward one.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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The creature-feature horror film plunges into the jungles of the Dominican Republic, where a group of road workers battling brutal conditions encounter the Ciguapa — a terrifying figure from local folklore with backward feet and the power to possess men through her gaze.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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“Underdeveloped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underdeveloped. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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