1. Not yet fully developed
   "The underdeveloped infrastructure hindered economic growth in the region"
    
2. Relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply
   "Many underdeveloped countries struggle with infrastructure issues";
   - developing

1. Fail to develop economically, socially, or technologically to a satisfactory level
   "Many regions continue to underdevelop due to lack of investment"
    
2. (photography) process (a film or photographic plate) less than the required time or in an ineffective solution or at an insufficiently high temperature
   "These photos are underdeveloped"

See also: immature, nonindustrial

Type of: develop

Encyclopedia: Underdeveloped