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UNDERDEVELOPMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(photography) inadequate processing of film resulting in inadequate contrast
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("underdevelopment" is a kind of...):
developing; development (processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible)
Domain category:
photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)
Derivation:
underdevelop (process (a film or photographic plate) less than the required time or in an ineffective solution or at an insufficiently high temperature)
Sense 2
Meaning:
State of inadequate development
Example:
much poverty can be traced to the underdevelopment of industry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("underdevelopment" is a kind of...):
development (a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess))
