Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun underdevelopment

2 senses of underdevelopment

Sense 1
underdevelopment -- (state of inadequate development; "much poverty can be traced to the underdevelopment of industry")
       => development -- (a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess); "after he saw the latest development he changed his mind and became a supporter"; "in chess your should take care of your development before moving your queen")

Sense 2
underdevelopment -- ((photography) inadequate processing of film resulting in inadequate contrast)
       => development, developing -- (processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible; "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours")