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Recent Examples of undeveloped
In addition to utilizing vast networks of solar panels and operating a dark-sky policy to safeguard local sea turtle populations, Costa Elena also plays a crucial role in the protection of the surrounding tropical dry forest, with 60% of the 3,000-acre property left completely undeveloped.
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Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
There’s just way too much getting tucked under this screenplay’s hood, resulting in undeveloped subplots that hit dead ends.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
But Palestinians say the area, which straddles the enormous Maale Adumim Jewish settlement and the Palestinian-majority east Jerusalem, is the only undeveloped land that might host government buildings for a new state.
—Matt Bradley, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
The brain injury caused cerebral atrophy and a glial scar, which led to the boy's brain being significantly undeveloped, according to court documents.
—Arkansas Online, 25 Aug. 2025
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Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
There’s just way too much getting tucked under this screenplay’s hood, resulting in undeveloped subplots that hit dead ends.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
But Palestinians say the area, which straddles the enormous Maale Adumim Jewish settlement and the Palestinian-majority east Jerusalem, is the only undeveloped land that might host government buildings for a new state.
—Matt Bradley, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
The brain injury caused cerebral atrophy and a glial scar, which led to the boy's brain being significantly undeveloped, according to court documents.
—Arkansas Online, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undeveloped
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The condition develops before birth if a pregnant cat is exposed to the feline panleukopenia virus, leaving the kitten's cerebellum underdeveloped.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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Access to electricity in rural areas is often constrained by underdeveloped transmission networks.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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After bushwhacking through uncultivated wilderness, the ground team found the woman, the Coast Guard said.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
11 Dec. 2024
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Heathcliff Heaths are areas of open, uncultivated land.—
Anna Moeslein,
Parents,
22 July 2024
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Trump’s America looks backward—toward a gender order where men lead families and women follow.—
Sophia A. Nelson,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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On the other hand, speaking Spanish with a gringo accent could mark you as an outsider on the island, while not speaking English at all could be seen as backward in the diaspora.—
Héctor M. Varela Rios,
The Conversation,
8 Sep. 2025
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In Pilsen, a diverse working-class neighborhood with a large Mexican American population, Toledo, who was born in Mexico, was a friendly fixture, with an untamed, graying beard and mane of hair.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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The extravagant approach mirrors the hero’s untamed energy, all to yield a genuinely spectacular film.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
27 Aug. 2025
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The agency could likely generate comparable revenue from thinning smaller trees in truly overgrown areas.—
John P. O’Brien,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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Neural highways that once buzzed with activity are becoming quiet country roads, rarely traveled and slowly overgrown.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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After you're finished, dry the walls completely with your clean towels, being careful to avoid water streaks or soggy spots left untended.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
26 Aug. 2025
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Unlike Culex mosquitoes, which prefer breeding near larger sources of water such as untended swimming pools, culverts or detention basins, Aedes aegypti tend to breed in much shallower standing water.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
17 Aug. 2025
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Mid-century collective behavior theories considered social movements to be nonrational, spontaneous events occurring during moments of social and cultural breakdown.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Sep. 2025
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This bill would entrench West Oakland and many other neighborhoods across the state as sacrifice zones, forcing us to deal with toxic chemicals and spontaneous fires for the sake of corporate profits.—
Brian Beveridge,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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July through September brings the most color, and wild sunflowers are well-known for growing here.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Sep. 2025
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John Mitani is a professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Michigan, whose studies over 45 years have included wild chimpanzees in Uganda and Tanzania; gibbons and orangutans in Indonesia, gorillas in Rwanda, and bonobos in the Democratic Republic of Congo.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Undeveloped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undeveloped. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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