underdevelops
Fails to flourish
Underdevelops means to develop insufficiently or inadequately.
In photography, to underdevelop film is to process it for too short a time, resulting in faint images.
More broadly, a company underdevelops a product by not investing enough resources: The studio underdevelops its female characters.
A region underdevelops when it fails to reach its economic potential.
Not made actual
- untappedNot yet utilized
- latentPresent but inactive
- dormantInactive but capable
- squanderedCarelessly used up
wasted · unfulfilled · neglected · unexploited · unutilized · fallow · stunted · suppressed
Being without something
- deficientHaving too little
- inadequateNot sufficient for purpose
- underfundedInsufficiently financially supported
- underresourcedLacking necessary means
understaffed · undersupplied · underequipped · underserved · neglected · starved · deprived · wanting
Absence of flow or progress
- underinvestmentInadequate allocation of resources
- povertySevere lack of resources
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
dependency · subsistence · informality · sanctions · embargo · debt · unemployment · corruption
Arrested in development
- atrophiedDeclined from underuse
- stagnantWithout movement or progress
- witheredDried and shrunken
- regressedReturned to earlier state
contracted · declined · deteriorated · shrunken · weakened · diminished · retarded · arrested
unrealized
Not made actual
squandered · wasted · unfulfilled · neglected · unexploited · unutilized · fallow · stunted · suppressed · underutilized
lacking
Being without something
- deficientHaving too little
- inadequateNot sufficient for purpose
- underfundedInsufficiently financially supported
underresourced · understaffed · undersupplied · underequipped · underserved · neglected · starved · deprived · wanting · shortchanged
stagnation
Absence of flow or progress
- underinvestmentInadequate allocation of resources
- povertySevere lack of resources
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
inequality · dependency · subsistence · informality · sanctions · embargo · debt · unemployment · corruption · fragility
stunted
Arrested in development
regressed · contracted · declined · deteriorated · shrunken · weakened · diminished · retarded · arrested · impaired
underdevelopsoverdevelops
Grows excessively beyond optimal
maximizes · overbuilds · overexposes · overdoes · overprocesses
- underdeveloped nationsStates with low industrialization
underdeveloped, underdevelopment, underdevelop, underdeveloping