underdevelop

underdevelop

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
Proto-Indo-European *-ér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
Proto-Germanic *under
Proto-West Germanic *undar
Old English under-
Middle English under-
English under-
English develop
English underdevelop

    From under- + develop.

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    Verb

    underdevelop (third-person singular simple present underdevelops, present participle underdeveloping, simple past and past participle underdeveloped)

    1. To develop insufficiently.

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